Relates to the transfer of certain funds to the Brockport fire district from the village of Brockport and the Sweden Fire Protection District and the Clarkson Fire Protection District upon the dissolution of such districts.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
May 10, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. REILICH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to authorize the transfer of certain funds of the village of
Brockport, allocated for fire protection and of unexpended cash and
reserves of the Sweden Fire Protection District and the Clarkson Fire
Protection District, to the Brockport Fire District, following the
formation of the Brockport Fire District and the dissolution of the
Sweden Fire Protection District and the Clarkson Fire Protection
District
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
2 upon the dissolution of the Sweden Fire Protection District and the
3 Clarkson Fire Protection District encompassing the town of Sweden and
4 part of the town of Clarkson, Monroe County, New York, and subsequent to
5 the formation of the Brockport Fire District by the town boards of the
6 towns of Sweden and Clarkson and the board of trustees of the village of
7 Brockport, the following shall occur, which are hereby declared to be in
8 every respect in the public interest and undertaken solely for the
9 provision of services and for the safety of the inhabitants of the
10 Brockport fire district:
11 (a) The town of Sweden and the town of Clarkson, on behalf of the
12 Sweden Fire Protection District and the Clarkson Fire Protection
13 District, are hereby empowered to and shall transfer any and all of
14 their unexpended cash and reserve fire protection district funds allo-
15 cated for fire protection within such fire protection districts, to the
16 Brockport Fire District, provided however that any and all such unex-
17 pended cash and reserve fire protection district funds shall be used by
18 the Brockport Fire District, or any successor thereto, for the purposes
19 and provision of services and for the safety of the inhabitants of the
20 Brockport Fire District, as provided by law; and
21 (b) The village of Brockport is hereby empowered to and shall transfer
22 to the Brockport Fire District on or after July 1, 2012:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (i) the unexpended portion of its 2012-2013 fiscal year budget desig-
2 nated for fire protection. The tax levy for fire protection raised by
3 the Village of Brockport for the period July 1, 2012 to December 31,
4 2012 being approximately $60,467.36; and
5 (ii) the tax levy raised by the Village of Brockport for the period
6 June 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 designated for contribution to the
7 fire protection reserve funds being approximately $19,369.56; and
8 (iii) any and all other cash and reserve accounts designated for fire
9 protection, said reserve accounts shall include but not be limited to
10 any reserve accounts for purchase of fire apparatus, equipment, communi-
11 cations equipment and/or fire fighting and emergency vehicles, to the
12 Brockport Fire District.
13 All such transferred funds shall be used by the Brockport Fire
14 District, or any successor thereto, for the purposes and provision of
15 services and for the safety of the inhabitants of the Brockport Fire
16 District, as provided by law.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
