S08700 Summary:
| BILL NO | S08700 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | RHOADS |
| 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. | |
S08700 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8700 IN SENATE January 7, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs 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. 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. The division shall establish criteria for each region designed to 10 identify eligible fire departments within each region with the greatest 11 needs. Such criteria may limit eligibility to wholly volunteer districts 12 but shall not prohibit awards on the basis of the size of the depart- 13 ment's operating budget. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13543-01-5