STATE OF NEW YORK
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8643
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 2, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to authorize the town of Smithtown to extend the boundaries of
the St. James fire district to include the village of Head of the
Harbor
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of article 11 of the town law
2 to the contrary, upon the expiration of the contract between the village
3 of Head of the Harbor, in the county of Suffolk, and the St. James fire
4 district, providing for fire protection and emergency response by such
5 fire district within such village, the town board of the town of Smith-
6 town is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 2
7 of section 170 of the town law, to extend the boundaries of the St.
8 James fire district to include the village of Head of the Harbor in its
9 entirety for the purposes of providing fire protection and emergency
10 response within such village.
11 § 2. Upon the extension by the town board of the town of Smithtown of
12 the St. James fire district to include the village of Head of the
13 Harbor, in accordance with section one of this act, such fire district
14 and town board shall be subject to the provisions of article 11 of the
15 town law, and shall continue to have all powers, duties and responsibil-
16 ities vested in and imposed upon such districts and towns pursuant to
17 such article, and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13648-01-9
