Exempts the Ardsley Volunteer Fire Department from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of the membership.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9316--A
IN SENATE
May 13, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,
Authorities and Commissions -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to exempting the Ardsley
Volunteer Fire Department 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. Subdivision 7 of section 10-1006 of the village law, as
2 amended by chapter 385 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 7. The membership of any volunteer firefighter shall not be continued
5 pursuant to subdivision five of this section, and persons shall not be
6 elected to membership pursuant to subdivision six of this section, if,
7 by so doing, the percentage of such non-resident members in the fire
8 company would exceed forty-five per centum of the actual membership of
9 the fire company, provided however, that the provisions of this subdivi-
10 sion shall not apply to the membership of the village of Blasdell volun-
11 teer fire department, provided however, that the provisions of this
12 subdivision shall not apply to the membership of the village of Delanson
13 volunteer fire company in the village of Delanson, county of Schenecta-
14 dy, provided however, that the provisions of this subdivision shall not
15 apply to membership of the village of Port Dickinson Fire Department,
16 within the village of Port Dickinson, Broome County, provided however,
17 that the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the member-
18 ship of the village of Briarcliff Manor fire department, within the
19 village of Briarcliff Manor, county of Westchester, provided however,
20 that the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the member-
21 ship of the village of Ardsley volunteer fire department, within the
22 village of Ardsley, county of Westchester.
23 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15889-02-2
