Senate Bill S6702

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Incorporates the East Amherst Fire Department Benevolent Association, and provides for its powers and duties

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S6702 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7645
Law Section:
Volunteer and Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Assoc., Inc.

2021-S6702 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Incorporates the East Amherst Fire Department Benevolent Association; provides for its powers and duties.

2021-S6702 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6702 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6702
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RATH  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to incorporate the East Amherst Fire Department Benevolent  Asso-
   ciation, and providing for its powers and duties
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Incorporation; membership. A not-for-profit corporation  by
 the name of the "East Amherst Fire Department Benevolent Association" is
 hereby created. It shall be composed of such persons eligible to member-
 ship therein as shall be provided pursuant to the provisions of this act
 and  shall (a) notify the secretary of the East Amherst Fire Department,
 Inc., a volunteer fire company, in writing  prior  to  the  organization
 meeting  hereinafter provided for of the corporation created by this act
 of their desire to become members, or (b)  attend  such  meeting  or  an
 adjournment  thereof  and signify their intention of becoming members of
 such corporation at such meeting, or (c) notify  the  secretary  of  the
 corporation hereby created in writing within sixty days after his or her
 election  of  their  desire  to  become  members  thereof, and also such
 persons so eligible as may thereafter become members of such corporation
 pursuant to its by-laws.
   § 2. Persons eligible for membership. All persons who are now, or have
 been, or hereafter shall be active volunteer members of the East Amherst
 Fire Department, Inc. in the county of Erie, and who  have  acquired  or
 shall  hereafter  acquire  the status of exempt volunteer firefighter as
 defined in section 200 of the general municipal law by virtue of  having
 rendered  service  in  the  East  Amherst Fire Department, Inc., and all
 persons who are now or hereafter shall be active  volunteer  members  of
 the East Amherst Fire Department, Inc., shall be eligible for membership
 in  the corporation created by this act, except that any firefighter who
 has been removed for cause, expelled or dropped from the  rolls  of  the
 East  Amherst  Fire  Department,  Inc.,  and who has not been reinstated
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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