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S01068 Summary:
BILL NO | S01068 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A05361 |
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SPONSOR | BORRELLO |
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Amd §1402, N-PC L | |
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Exempts the East Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership. |
S01068 Actions:
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01/10/2023 | REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/16/2023 | 1ST REPORT CAL.992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/17/2023 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/18/2023 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/22/2023 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/22/2023 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/22/2023 | referred to local governments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/21/2023 | substituted for a5361 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/21/2023 | ordered to third reading rules cal.877 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/21/2023 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/21/2023 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09/07/2023 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
09/15/2023 | SIGNED CHAP.424 |
S01068 Committee Votes:
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Yes ‡
Alvarez
Yes ‡
Carroll
Yes
Flood
Yes ‡
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Slater
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Chang
Yes ‡
Friend
Yes
Lee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ardila
Yes
Clark
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Colton
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Levenberg
Yes
Pirozzolo
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Conrad
ER
Gandolfo
Yes ‡
Lucas
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stern
Yes
Beephan
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio JA
ER
Lupardo
Yes
Raga
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Bendett
ER
Cunningham
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Curran
Yes
Glick
ER
Maher
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tannousis
Yes ‡
Bichotte Hermel
ER
Darling
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
Davila
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blumencranz
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gray
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Bores
ER
DeStefano
Yes
Gunther
Yes ‡
McDonough
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hawley
Yes
McGowan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Walker
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
McMahon
ER
Rozic
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Brook-Krasny
Yes ‡
DiPietro
Yes ‡
Hyndman
Yes
Mikulin
Yes ‡
Sayegh
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Brown E
Yes
Durso
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Miller
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Brown K
Yes
Eachus
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Williams
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes ‡
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Shimsky
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Burgos
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Norris
Yes
Shrestha
Yes
Zaccaro
ER
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jones
ER
Novakhov
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simone
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S01068 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1068 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the not-for-profit corporation law, in relation to exempting the East Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph (c) of section 1402 of the 2 not-for-profit corporation law, as separately amended by chapters 308, 3 312 and 327 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 (3) In towns outside of villages and fire districts, the consent of a 5 majority of the members of the town board to the formation of a fire 6 corporation shall constitute an appointment of the persons named in the 7 certificate of incorporation as town firefighters. Thereafter, other 8 eligible persons may be elected as members pursuant to the by-laws of 9 the fire corporation, but the election of a member must be approved by 10 the town board of each town which consented to the formation of the fire 11 corporation. Such a person shall be a resident of the territory speci- 12 fied in the certificate of incorporation or of territory outside such 13 boundaries which is afforded fire protection by the fire corporation 14 pursuant to a contract for fire protection under which a cash consider- 15 ation is received by the corporation or for which negotiations for 16 renewal of such a contract are pending. The membership of any volunteer 17 member shall terminate when he or she ceases to be a resident of such 18 inside or outside territory, except that the corporation may authorize 19 his or her continued membership where he or she notifies the secretary 20 of the fire corporation (a) that he or she plans to change his or her 21 residence to a territory which is not in such inside or outside territo- 22 ry, and (b) that by reason of his or her residence in the vicinity or EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04003-01-3S. 1068 2 1 his or her usual occupation he or she will be available to render active 2 service as a volunteer firefighter in either such inside or such outside 3 territory. Voting for such authorization shall be pursuant to the 4 by-laws. Such authorization shall not become effective unless approved 5 by resolution of the town board of each town which consented to the 6 formation of the corporation. Any membership so continued shall termi- 7 nate when the member can no longer meet the requirements of this subpar- 8 agraph. A person who cannot meet the residence requirements of this 9 subparagraph may be elected to membership as a volunteer member if by 10 reason of his or her residence in the vicinity or his or her usual occu- 11 pation he or she will be available to render active service as a volun- 12 teer firefighter in such inside or outside territory. Voting for such 13 election shall be pursuant to the by-laws. Such election shall not 14 become effective unless approved by resolution of the town board of each 15 town which consented to the formation of the corporation. Such member- 16 ship shall terminate when the member can no longer meet the requirements 17 of this subparagraph. The election or continuance of any person as a 18 member shall be deemed to have been approved by the town board pursuant 19 to this subparagraph in the event that no action is taken by the town 20 board, either approving or disapproving, within forty days in the case 21 of residents of the territory specified in the certificate of incorpo- 22 ration or of outside contract territory, and within seventy days in the 23 case of all others, after service of written notice of such election or 24 continuance of membership shall have been made by the secretary of the 25 corporation upon the town clerk, either personally or by mail. The 26 membership of any volunteer firefighter shall not be continued pursuant 27 to this subparagraph, and persons who do not reside in the territory 28 specified in the certificate of incorporation or in territory protected 29 pursuant to a contract for fire protection shall not be elected to 30 membership, if, by so doing, the percentage of such nonresident members 31 in the fire corporation would exceed forty-five per centum of the actual 32 membership thereof, provided, however, that the forty-five percent limit 33 on non-resident members shall not apply to the membership of the Huguen- 34 ot Fire Company, Inc., within the town of Deerpark, Orange county, to 35 the membership of the Prospect Terrace Fire Company, Inc., within the 36 town of Dickinson, Broome county, to membership of the Hopewell Volun- 37 teer Fire Department, Inc., to membership of the Wales Center Volunteer 38 Fire Company, Inc., within the town of Wales, Erie county, to the 39 membership of the Nedrow Fire Department, within the town of Onondaga, 40 Onondaga county, to the membership of the Howlett Hill Fire Department, 41 within the town of Onondaga, Onondaga county, to the membership of the 42 East Syracuse Fire Department, within the town of Dewitt, Onondaga coun- 43 ty, to the membership of the Camillus Volunteer Fire Department, Inc., 44 within the town of Camillus, Onondaga county, to the membership of the 45 Pleasant Square Fire Company, Inc. within the town of Johnstown, Fulton 46 county, to the membership of the East Amherst Fire Department, Inc., 47 within the town of Amherst, Erie county, to membership of the fire 48 departments within the town of Fleming, Cayuga county [or], to member- 49 ship of the Bushnell's Basin Fire Department, in the town of Perinton, 50 Monroe county, to the membership of the East Dunkirk Volunteer Fire 51 Company, Inc. within the town of Dunkirk, Chautauqua county or to 52 membership of the Salina Consolidated Fire District #2, in the town of 53 Salina, Onondaga county. Nonresidents of the territory specified in the 54 certificate of incorporation whose volunteer membership has been author- 55 ized or continued pursuant to this subparagraph may be elected or 56 appointed to any office in the fire corporation and shall have all theS. 1068 3 1 powers, duties, immunities, and privileges of resident volunteer members 2 except a non-resident of this state whose membership has been continued 3 pursuant to this subparagraph, or who was elected to membership pursuant 4 to this subparagraph, shall not be considered to be performing any fire- 5 fighting duty, or to be engaged in any firefighting activity, as a 6 member of the fire company while he or she is outside of this state 7 unless and until he or she has first reported to the officer or fire- 8 fighter in command of his or her fire department, or any company, squad 9 or other unit thereof, engaged or to be engaged in rendering service 10 outside this state, or has received orders or authorization from an 11 officer of the fire department or fire company to participate in or 12 attend authorized activities outside of this state in the same manner as 13 resident members of the fire company. A person shall not be eligible to 14 volunteer membership in any other fire corporation or fire company at 15 one time. The provisions of this subparagraph shall not be deemed to 16 authorize the election or the continuance of any person as a member of 17 the corporation if such election or continuance of membership shall be 18 contrary to the by-laws, rules or regulations of the fire corporation. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.