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A10444 Summary:

BILL NOA10444
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08700-A
 
SPONSORStern
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §709-b, Exec L
 
Requires grants under the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program to be awarded equally among the regions of the state with eligible departments.
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A10444 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10444
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 6, 2026
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. STERN -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations
 
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the administration  of
          grants  under the volunteer fire infrastructure and response equipment
          (V-FIRE) grant program
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 709-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 709-b. Administration  of  the  volunteer  fire  infrastructure  and
     4  response equipment (V-FIRE) grant program. 1.  Funds available under the
     5  volunteer  fire  infrastructure  and  response  equipment (V-FIRE) grant
     6  program administered by the division shall be awarded in  equal  amounts
     7  to  each  region  of the state which have eligible departments.  Regions
     8  shall be as established in article eleven of  the  economic  development
     9  law  with the exception of the New York city region.  The division shall
    10  establish criteria for each region designed to  identify  eligible  fire
    11  departments  within  each  region with the greatest needs. Such criteria
    12  may limit eligibility  to  wholly  volunteer  districts  but  shall  not
    13  prohibit  awards  on the basis of the size of the department's operating
    14  budget.
    15    2. Solely for the purposes of this  section  and  notwithstanding  any
    16  conflicting  provision  of  law, eligible departments within the city of
    17  New York shall be considered a part of the Long Island region.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13543-07-6
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