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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2024
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 Introduced  by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on  Local  Governments  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 624 of the laws of 1940 incorporating the volun-
   teer  and  exempt  firemen's  benevolent  association of Valhalla, New
   York, and providing for its powers and duties, in relation to the name
   and purpose of such association and the use of foreign fire  insurance
   premium taxes
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 1 of chapter 624 of  the
 laws of 1940 incorporating the volunteer and exempt firemen's benevolent
 association  of  Valhalla,  New  York,  and providing for its powers and
 duties, are amended to read as follows:
   1. A membership corporation by  the  name  of  "Volunteer  and  Exempt
 [Firemen's] FIREFIGHTERS' Benevolent Association of Valhalla, New York,"
 is hereby created.
   2.  All  persons  who now are, or have been, or who hereafter shall be
 ACTIVE volunteer members of the Valhalla fire  department  or  any  fire
 engine,  hook and ladder, patrol, emergency rescue squad or hose company
 in the Valhalla fire district or any fire district outside  but  contig-
 uous  to  such  fire  district  which  contracts  with the Valhalla fire
 department for fire protection pursuant to the town law, and all persons
 in any such fire district who [are entitled to the general exemptions of
 firemen therein as provided in section  two  hundred-a  of  the  general
 municipal  law and two hundred nine of the village law, and acts amenda-
 tory thereof or supplemental thereto, or of any other  applicable  law,]
 HAVE HERETOFORE ACQUIRED OR SHALL HEREAFTER ACQUIRE THE STATUS OF EXEMPT
 VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO HUNDRED OF THE GENERAL
 MUNICIPAL LAW OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAW BY VIRTUE OF  HAVING  RENDERED
 SERVICE  IN  THE  VALHALLA FIRE DISTRICT shall be eligible to membership
 [therein.] IN THE CORPORATION CREATED BY THIS ACT; EXCEPT THAT ANY FIRE-
 FIGHTER WHO HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR CAUSE, EXPELLED  OR  DROPPED  FROM  THE
 ROLLS  OF  THE VALHALLA FIRE DEPARTMENT, 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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 THEREIN, SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN SUCH  CORPORATION.  THE
 MEMBERSHIP  OF  ANY  PERSON IN SUCH CORPORATION SHALL TERMINATE UPON THE
 WITHDRAWAL OF SUCH PERSON AS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER MEMBER OF THE  VALHALLA
 FIRE  DEPARTMENT  PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE BY SUCH PERSON OF FIVE
 YEARS' SERVICE AS AN  ACTIVE  VOLUNTEER  MEMBER  OF  THE  VALHALLA  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT.  PAID FIREFIGHTERS, IF ANY, IN THE VALHALLA FIRE DEPARTMENT,
 SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE CORPORATION.
   3. Nothing contained herein or in the village law or  any  other  such
 applicable law shall preclude a person from membership in such Volunteer
 and Exempt [Firemen's] FIREFIGHTERS' Benevolent Association of Valhalla,
 New  York,  who  resides in a fire district outside of but contiguous to
 the  Valhalla  fire  district,  when  the  fire  commissioners  of  such
 districts  have  contracted  with the board of fire commissioners of the
 Valhalla fire district for fire protection under  and  pursuant  to  the
 provisions of law in such case made and provided.
   § 2. Sections 2 and 8 of chapter 624 of the laws of 1940 incorporating
 the  volunteer  and exempt firemen's benevolent association of Valhalla,
 New York, and providing for its powers and duties, are amended  to  read
 as follows:
   §  2.  Purposes and duty of the association. The purposes and duty [of
 the association is to provide relief to indigent  and  disabled  firemen
 and  their families] OF THE CORPORATION CREATED BY THIS ACT SHALL BE: TO
 PROVIDE RELIEF, AID AND ASSISTANCE TO  THE  VOLUNTEER  MEMBERS  OF  SUCH
 CORPORATION  WHO  ARE INDIGENT OR DISABLED OR INJURED IN THE PERFORMANCE
 OF THEIR DUTIES, AND  THEIR  FAMILIES;  TO  PROMOTE  AND  SAFEGUARD  THE
 WELFARE  OF  THE  VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF SUCH CORPORATION, AND THEIR FAMI-
 LIES; TO MAINTAIN A SUITABLE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE MEMBERS OF SUCH CORPO-
 RATION; TO PROVIDE FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF
 SUCH CORPORATION; AND TO ENHANCE THE MORALE OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS  OF
 SUCH  CORPORATION BY PROVIDING FOR THE SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL WELLBEING
 OF THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION, AND THE  PROMOTION  OF  THE
 VOLUNTEER  FIRE  SERVICE  WITHIN THE TERRITORY PROTECTED BY THE VALHALLA
 FIRE DEPARTMENT.
   § 8. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance [companies] PREMIUM
 TAXES.  Such corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it all
 tax imposed by section [one hundred thirty-three] 9104 of the  insurance
 law  upon  premiums  on policies of insurance covering property situated
 within the Valhalla Fire District of the Town of Mount  Pleasant,  West-
 chester  county,  New  York,  or  within any duly organized territory in
 which the fire department of said district is obligated to  render  fire
 protection,  except that said corporation shall remit such percentage of
 all taxes so collected or paid to it, to the treasurer of the [firemen's
 association] FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION of the [state] STATE of New York,
 as may be required by the insurance law. The officer of said corporation
 designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the aforesaid tax shall
 have all the powers and be subject to all the provisions of section [one
 hundred thirty-three] 9104 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 [one-hundred forty-nine-a] 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  [one  hundred  thirty-three]  9104  of  the insurance law. Such
 corporation shall also be entitled to  receive  and  collect  all  taxes
 heretofore  due and owing and unpaid at the time of the creation of this
 corporation. Such taxes shall be used only [for the care and  relief  of
 disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt firemen and their families] BY
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 THE  CORPORATION  IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES AS SET FORTH IN SECTION
 TWO OF THIS ACT.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
 the amendments to section 8 of chapter 624 of the laws of 1940  made  by
 section two of this act shall apply to taxes due on premiums received on
 and after January 1, 2025.