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A09421 Summary:

BILL NO	A09421
SAME AS	SAME AS S03529
SPONSOR	Solages
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd §10-1006, Vil L
Relates to volunteer members of village fire companies.

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A09421 Actions:

BILL NO	A09421
12/19/2025	referred to local governments
01/07/2026	referred to local governments

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A09421 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A9421
 
SPONSOR: Solages

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the village law, in relation to volunteer members of
village fire companies
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
This bill allows a village board of trustees to adopt a local law to
allow the percentage of nonresident volunteer members in a village fire
1 company to exceed forty-five percent of the actual membership of the
fire company.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 amends subdivision 14 of section 10-1006 of the village law to
give the village board of trustees discretion to pass a local taw that
changes, amends, or supersedes subdivision seven which forbids the
percentage of non-resident volunteer members in village fire companies
to exceed forty-five percent of the actual membership of the fire compa-
ny.
 
Section 2 states that this law shall take effect immediately.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Currently, village law forbids the percentage of nonresident volunteer
members in village fire companies to exceed forty-five percent of the
actual membership of the fire company. This negatively impacts village
fire companies by making it more difficult to fill their total member-
ship and leaving fire companies with vacancies which could be filled by
the membership of non-resident volunteer firefighters. This bill allows
a village board of trustees to pass a local taw allowing the percentage
of non-resident volunteer members to exceed forty-five percent of the
actual membership of the village fire company. This will help village
fire companies obtain greater membership and keep our communities safe.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
S6217/A2116 - Referred to Local Government
 
S1724 - 05/10/22 held for consideration in local governments
 
S604 - 7/16/20 held for consideration in local governments
 
S1985 - 1/3/18 referred to local government
 
S535 - 1/6/16 referred to local government
 
S6369 - 1/21/14 referred to local govrnment
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

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