STATE OF NEW YORK
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7888--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 13, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 521 of the laws of 2001 establishing the Ridge
volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association, and providing
for its powers and duties, in relation to 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:
1 Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 521 of the laws of 2001 establishing
2 the Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association, and
3 providing for its powers and duties, as amended by chapter 525 of the
4 laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. The
6 Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association shall
7 collect and there shall be paid to it all taxes imposed pursuant to
8 section 9104 of the insurance law for fire department use and benefit,
9 upon premiums for insurance against loss or damage by fire covering
10 property situated in the Ridge fire district in the town of Brookhaven,
11 county of Suffolk, or within any duly organized territory in which the
12 Ridge fire district is or may be obligated to render fire protection.
13 The officer of such corporation designated by its by-laws to collect and
14 receive the aforesaid tax shall have all the powers and be subject to
15 all the provisions of the insurance law, relating to treasurers of fire
16 departments. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share
17 of the tax imposed by section 9105 of the insurance law, based upon the
18 business written in the territory with respect to which it is entitled
19 to collect and receive the tax under section 9104 of the insurance law.
20 Such taxes shall only be used [for the care and relief of disabled or
21 indigent volunteer and exempt firefighters and their families] by the
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 7888--A 2
1 corporation in furtherance of its purposes as set forth in section three
2 of this act.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
4 the amendments to section 7 of chapter 521 of the laws of 2001 made by
5 section one of this act shall apply to taxes due on premiums received on
6 and after January 1, 2026.
