STATE OF NEW YORK
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8559--A
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 31, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Govern-
ments in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm the abolition of the
offices of fire commissioners by the town of Deposit, in the county of
Delaware; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira-
tion thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the town law or insurance
2 law, all proceedings and actions taken by the town of Deposit in the
3 county of Delaware, in relation to the abolition of the offices of fire
4 commissioners and transfer of their functions to the town board and town
5 supervisor, including executing contracts for fire protection, redis-
6 tributing foreign fire insurance premium tax funds and the establishment
7 of any account of funds from real property taxes of the fire district,
8 are hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed.
9 § 2. Notwithstanding the defects described in section one of this act,
10 the town board of the town of Deposit is hereby authorized to initiate
11 proceedings pursuant to article 17-A of the general municipal law to
12 dissolve the offices of fire commissioners as if the town board were the
13 governing body of the offices of fire commissioners.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
15 deemed repealed on July 1, 2013.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13336-02-2
