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                                   9306
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2024
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend chapter 54 of the laws of 1938 authorizing Exempt  Fire-
   men's  Benevolent  Association  of  Hastings  on  the Hudson, Inc., to
   collect, receive and use taxes required to be  paid  pursuant  to  the
   insurance  law upon premiums on policies of fire insurance on property
   in the village of Hastings on the Hudson, New York, or other territory
   served by the fire department thereof, in relation to the use of taxes
   collected
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  1  of chapter 54 of the laws of 1938 authorizing
 Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Hastings on the Hudson, Inc.,
 to collect, receive and use taxes required to be paid  pursuant  to  the
 insurance law upon premiums on policies of fire insurance on property in
 the  village  of  Hastings  on  the Hudson, New York, or other territory
 served by the fire department thereof, is amended to read as follows:
   Section 1. Exempt [Firemen's] FIREFIGHTERS' Benevolent Association  of
 [Hastings on the Hudson] HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, Inc., a domestic membership
 corporation  of the village of [Hastings on the Hudson] HASTINGS-ON-HUD-
 SON in the town of  Greenburgh  in  the  county  of  Westchester,  shall
 collect  and  there  shall be paid to it all tax imposed by section [one
 hundred and thirty-three] NINE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR of  the  insur-
 ance  law  upon premiums on policies of fire insurance covering property
 situated within the limits of the village of [Hastings  on  the  Hudson]
 HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON  in  the  town  of Greenburgh, Westchester county, as
 such village now is or may hereafter  be  established  or  extended,  or
 within any duly organized territory in which the fire department of said
 village  is  obligated  to  render fire protection, and such corporation
 shall use any such taxes so collected or paid to it, [for  the  care  of
 indigent  members  of such corporation and their families] TO MAINTAIN A
 SUITABLE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE  CORPORATION,  TO
 PROVIDE  RELIEF,  AID  AND  ASSISTANCE TO THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS  OF SUCH
 CORPORATION WHO ARE INDIGENT OR DISABLED OR INJURED IN  THE  PERFORMANCE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 OF   THEIR DUTIES, AND THEIR FAMILIES; AND 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 VILLAGE OF HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON  AND  ALSO  WITHIN
 THE  TERRITORY  PROVIDED  WITH FIRE PROTECTION BY THE HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON
 VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT;  provided,  however,  that  such  corporation
 shall  remit  such  percentage of all such taxes so collected or paid to
 it, to the treasurer of the [Firemen's] FIREFIGHTERS Association of  the
 State  of New York, as may be required by the insurance law. The officer
 of such 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 and thirty-three] NINE THOUSAND ONE
 HUNDRED FOUR of the insurance law relating to treasurers of fire depart-
 ments. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share of the
 tax imposed by section [one hundred and forty-nine-a] NINE THOUSAND  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIVE  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 and thirty-three] NINE THOU-
 SAND ONE HUNDRED FOUR of the insurance law, and to  use  same  [for  the
 care  of  indigent  members  of  such corporation and their families] TO
 MAINTAIN A SUITABLE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPO-
 RATION, 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; AND 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  ACTIV-
 ITIES  FOR THE VOLUNTEER MEMBERS OF THE CORPORATION AND THE PROMOTION OF
 THE VOLUNTEER FIRE SERVICE WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON  AND
 ALSO  WITHIN  THE  TERRITORY  PROVIDED WITH FIRE PROTECTION BY THE HAST-
 INGS-ON-HUDSON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply  to  taxes
 due on premiums received on and after January 1, 2025.