Assembly Bill A6101

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Exempts the Buchanan Engine Company No. 1 from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A6101 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5886
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10-1006, Vil L

2023-A6101 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts the Buchanan Engine Company No. 1, within the village of Buchanan, county of Westchester from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.

2023-A6101 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6101
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  LEVENBERG  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to exempting  the  Buchanan
   Engine  Company No. 1 from the requirement that the percentage of non-
   resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of  the
   membership

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 10-1006 of  the  village  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  350  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
   7. The membership of any volunteer firefighter shall not be  continued
 pursuant  to  subdivision five of this section, and persons shall not be
 elected to membership pursuant to subdivision six of this  section,  if,
 by  so  doing,  the  percentage of such non-resident members in the fire
 company would exceed forty-five per centum of the actual  membership  of
 the fire company, provided however, that the provisions of this subdivi-
 sion shall not apply to the membership of the village of Blasdell volun-
 teer  fire  department,  provided  however,  that the provisions of this
 subdivision shall not apply to the membership of the village of Delanson
 volunteer fire company in the village of Delanson, county of  Schenecta-
 dy,  provided however, that the provisions of this subdivision shall not
 apply to membership of the village of Port  Dickinson  Fire  Department,
 within  the  village of Port Dickinson, Broome County, provided however,
 that the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to  the  member-
 ship  of  the  village  of  Briarcliff Manor fire department, within the
 village of Briarcliff Manor, county of  Westchester,  provided  however,
 that  the  provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the member-
 ship of the village of Ardsley volunteer  fire  department,  within  the
 village  of  Ardsley,  county of Westchester, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF  THE
 BUCHANAN ENGINE COMPANY NO. 1, WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF BUCHANAN, COUNTY OF
 WESTCHESTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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