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                                   1109
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 7, 2021
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Insurance
 
 AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to  the  distribution  of
   the foreign and alien fire insurance premium tax
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 4 of subsection (a) of section 9104 of the insur-
 ance law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1988, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   (4)  if  such payment is made to the treasurer or other fiscal officer
 of a fire department or fiscal officer of authorities  having  jurisdic-
 tion and control of such fire department, such treasurer or fiscal offi-
 cer  shall on or before the fifteenth day of March in each year distrib-
 ute the amount so received to the fire companies constituting  the  fire
 department  if such fire department is constituted of more than one fire
 company. BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE  LAWS  OF
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-ONE  WHICH  AMENDED  THIS PARAGRAPH, THE AMOUNT SO
 RECEIVED SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE FIRE COMPANIES IN PROPORTION TO THE
 NUMBER OF ACTIVE MEMBERS WITHIN EACH COMPANY. FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "ACTIVE MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A MEMBER WHO PARTICIPATES
 IN  FIREFIGHTING  AND  IS  SUBJECT  TO  CALL  FOR WHATEVER DUTIES MAY BE
 ASSIGNED TO HIM OR HER UNDER THE  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT OR COMPANY OF WHICH HE OR SHE IS A MEMBER.
   § 2. Subparagraph (E) of paragraph 2 of subsection (d) of section 9105
 of  the insurance law, as amended by chapter 293 of the laws of 1988, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (E) if such payment is received by the treasurer or other fiscal offi-
 cer of a fire department or fiscal officer of authorities having  juris-
 diction  and  control  of such fire department, such treasurer or fiscal
 officer shall on or before the  fifteenth  day  of  July  in  each  year
 distribute the amount so received to the fire companies constituting the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 fire  department if such fire department is constituted of more than one
 fire company. BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS
 OF TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBPARAGRAPH,  THE  AMOUNT
 SO  RECEIVED SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE FIRE COMPANIES IN PROPORTION TO
 THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE MEMBERS WITHIN EACH COMPANY. FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SUBPARAGRAPH,  THE  TERM  "ACTIVE  MEMBER" SHALL MEAN A MEMBER WHO
 PARTICIPATES IN FIREFIGHTING AND IS SUBJECT TO CALL FOR WHATEVER  DUTIES
 MAY  BE  ASSIGNED  TO  HIM OR HER UNDER THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE
 FIRE DEPARTMENT OR COMPANY OF WHICH HE OR SHE IS A MEMBER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.