STATE OF NEW YORK
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9306
IN SENATE
May 10, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend chapter 54 of the laws of 1938 authorizing Exempt Fire-
men's Benevolent Association of Hastings on the Hudson, Inc., to
collect, receive and use taxes required to be paid pursuant to the
insurance law upon premiums on policies of fire insurance on property
in the village of Hastings on the Hudson, New York, or other territory
served by the fire department thereof, in relation to the use of taxes
collected
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 54 of the laws of 1938 authorizing
2 Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association of Hastings on the Hudson, Inc.,
3 to collect, receive and use taxes required to be paid pursuant to the
4 insurance law upon premiums on policies of fire insurance on property in
5 the village of Hastings on the Hudson, New York, or other territory
6 served by the fire department thereof, is amended to read as follows:
7 Section 1. Exempt [Firemen's] Firefighters' Benevolent Association of
8 [Hastings on the Hudson] Hastings-on-Hudson, Inc., a domestic membership
9 corporation of the village of [Hastings on the Hudson] Hastings-on-Hud-
10 son in the town of Greenburgh in the county of Westchester, shall
11 collect and there shall be paid to it all tax imposed by section [one
12 hundred and thirty-three] nine thousand one hundred four of the insur-
13 ance law upon premiums on policies of fire insurance covering property
14 situated within the limits of the village of [Hastings on the Hudson]
15 Hastings-on-Hudson in the town of Greenburgh, Westchester county, as
16 such village now is or may hereafter be established or extended, or
17 within any duly organized territory in which the fire department of said
18 village is obligated to render fire protection, and such corporation
19 shall use any such taxes so collected or paid to it, [for the care of
20 indigent members of such corporation and their families] to maintain a
21 suitable headquarters for the volunteer members of the corporation, to
22 provide relief, aid and assistance to the volunteer members of such
23 corporation who are indigent or disabled or injured in the performance
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of their duties, and their families; and to promote, and safeguard the
2 welfare of the volunteer members of the corporation and their families,
3 to provide for the health and safety of the volunteer members of the
4 corporation, and to enhance the morale of the volunteer members of the
5 corporation by providing social and recreational activities for the
6 volunteer members of the corporation and the promotion of the volunteer
7 fire service within the village of Hastings-on-Hudson and also within
8 the territory provided with fire protection by the Hastings-on-Hudson
9 Volunteer Fire Department; provided, however, that such corporation
10 shall remit such percentage of all such taxes so collected or paid to
11 it, to the treasurer of the [Firemen's] Firefighters Association of the
12 State of New York, as may be required by the insurance law. The officer
13 of such corporation designated by its by-laws to collect and receive the
14 aforesaid tax shall have all the powers and be subject to all the
15 provisions of section [one hundred and thirty-three] nine thousand one
16 hundred four of the insurance law relating to treasurers of fire depart-
17 ments. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share of the
18 tax imposed by section [one hundred and forty-nine-a] nine thousand one
19 hundred five of the insurance law, based upon the business written in
20 the territory with respect to which it is entitled to collect and
21 receive the tax under section [one hundred and thirty-three] nine thou-
22 sand one hundred four of the insurance law, and to use same [for the
23 care of indigent members of such corporation and their families] to
24 maintain a suitable headquarters for the volunteer members of the corpo-
25 ration, to provide relief, aid and assistance to the volunteer members
26 of such corporation who are indigent or disabled or injured in the
27 performance of their duties, and their families; and to promote, and
28 safeguard the welfare of the volunteer members of the corporation and
29 their families, to provide for the health and safety of the volunteer
30 members of the corporation, and to enhance the morale of the volunteer
31 members of the corporation by providing social and recreational activ-
32 ities for the volunteer members of the corporation and the promotion of
33 the volunteer fire service within the village of Hastings-on-Hudson and
34 also within the territory provided with fire protection by the Hast-
35 ings-on-Hudson Volunteer Fire Department.
36 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxes
37 due on premiums received on and after January 1, 2025.
