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                                  7130--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Local  Governments  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 576 of the laws of 1977 incorporating the Putnam
   Lake Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association and providing for  its
   powers  and  duties,  in  relation  to the purposes of the Putnam Lake
   Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1977 incorporating
 the Putnam Lake Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association and providing
 for its powers and duties, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3. Purposes. The purposes of such corporation shall be  the  mainte-
 nance  of suitable headquarters for, and the promotion of friendly asso-
 ciation for the betterment of the members of such corporation and  their
 relations with the community, for the promotion of fraternal intercourse
 among  the  members  of such corporation, to study and disseminate among
 the members of such corporation the most efficient  manner  of  fighting
 fires and the relief, aid and assistance of such members and their fami-
 lies who are INJURED, disabled or indigent, TO PROMOTE AND SAFEGUARD THE
 WELFARE OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION, AND THEIR FAMILIES;
 TO  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE
 CORPORATION; AND TO ENHANCE THE MORALE OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS  OF  THE
 CORPORATION  BY  PROVIDING  SOCIAL  AND  RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE
 VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION AND THE PROMOTION OF THE  VOLUNTEER
 FIRE  SERVICE  WITHIN THE TERRITORY PROTECTED BY SUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT OF
 THE PUTNAM LAKE  VOLUNTEER  FIREMEN'S  BENEVOLENT  ASSOCIATION,  and  to
 acquire  real  and  personal  property  such as may be necessary for the
 purposes herein set forth and the promotion of the welfare of the volun-
 teer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter
 be served by the Putnam Lake Fire Department, Inc.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10386-05-3
              

 A. 7130--A                          2
 
   § 2. Section 7 of chapter 576 of the laws of  1977  incorporating  the
 Putnam Lake Volunteer Firemen's Benevolent Association and providing for
 its powers and duties, as amended by chapter 149 of the laws of 1992, is
 amended to read as follows:
   § 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. Such
 corporation  shall  collect  and  there  shall  be  paid to it all taxes
 imposed by section 9104 of the insurance law for fire department use and
 benefit upon premiums for insurance  against  loss  or  damage  by  fire
 covering property situated in that part of the Patterson Fire Protection
 District  which  is protected by the Putnam Lake Fire Department, in the
 town of Patterson, county of Putnam, or within any duly organized terri-
 tory in which the Putnam Lake Fire Department, Inc. is or may  be  obli-
 gated to render fire protection. The officers of said corporation desig-
 nated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall have
 all  the  powers  and  be subject to all the provisions of the insurance
 law, relating to treasurers of fire departments. Such corporation  shall
 also  be  entitled to receive a share of the tax imposed by section 9105
 of the insurance law, based upon the business written in  the  territory
 with  respect  to  which  it  is entitled to collect and receive the tax
 under section 9104 of the insurance law. Such taxes shall only  be  used
 [for]  BY  the [care and relief] CORPORATION IN FURTHERANCE of [disabled
 or indigent volunteer and exempt volunteer firefighters and their  fami-
 lies] ITS PURPOSE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION THREE OF THIS ACT.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 the amendments to section 7 of chapter 576 of the laws of 1977  made  by
 section two of this act shall apply to taxes due on premiums received on
 and after January 1, 2024.