S 10645

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                                   10645
                             I N  S E N A T E
                               June 2, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 AN ACT to amend the Nassau county civil divisions act,  in  relation  to
   the  Volunteer  and  Exempt  Firefighter's  Benevolent  Association of
   Albertson
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section  1. Sections 622.0, 622.4 and 622.5 of the Nassau county civil
 divisions act, as added by chapter 65 of the laws of 1940,  are  amended
 to read as follows:
   §  622.0  Incorporation;  membership.  a. A corporation by the name of
 "Volunteer and Exempt [Firemen's] FIREFIGHTER'S  Benevolent  Association
 of Albertson," is hereby created.
   b. It shall be composed of all persons who now are, or hereafter shall
 be  volunteer  members  of  the  Albertson Hook, Ladder, Engine and Hose
 Company No. 1, and such  exempt  volunteer  [firemen]  FIREFIGHTERS,  as
 defined  in  section  two hundred of the general municipal law, who have
 acquired such status by virtue of having rendered service in the Albert-
 son Hook, Ladder, Engine and Hose Company No. 1 of  Albertson,  town  of
 North Hempstead, as shall:
   1. Notify the secretary of the Albertson Hook, Ladder, Engine and Hose
 Company  No. 1, Albertson, Nassau county, New York, in writing, prior to
 the organization meeting of the corporation  created  by  this  article,
 which  meeting  is  hereinafter  provided for, of their desire to become
 members, or
   2. Attend such organization meeting or an adjournment thereof, or
   3. Notify the secretary of such corporation in writing,  within  sixty
 days  after  [his]  SUCH  SECRETARY  election, of their desire to become
 members thereof, and also such other of the exempt  volunteer  [firemen]
 FIREFIGHTERS  aforesaid,  or  of  those  who may hereafter become exempt
 volunteer [firemen] FIREFIGHTERS of the Albertson Hook,  Ladder,  Engine
 and Hose Company No. 1, as may become members of such corporation pursu-
 ant to the provisions of its by-laws.  Any [fireman] FIREFIGHTER, howev-
 er,  who  has  been or shall hereafter be removed for cause, expelled or
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 dropped from the rolls of any fire company or department, shall  not  be
 eligible for membership in such corporation.
   §  622.4  Control  and disposal of funds and property. The control and
 disposal of the funds, property and estate of such corporation  and  the
 management  of its affairs shall be vested in a board of trustees, which
 shall consist of five members of such corporation. The officers of  such
 corporation  shall  be  in such number and designated and shall have and
 exercise such powers and duties as may be provided by the by-laws.   The
 trustees  and  officers  shall  be elected at the annual meeting of such
 corporation in the manner prescribed by its by-laws. The funds  of  such
 corporation,  by  unanimous  vote  of the trustees, may be used [for the
 relief, aid and assistance of disabled  or  indigent  active  or  exempt
 volunteer firemen of the Albertson Hook, Ladder, Engine and Hose Company
 No. 1] IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES SET FORTH IN SECTION 622.1 OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   §  622.5  Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes.
 a. Such corporation shall collect and there shall be paid to it all  tax
 imposed  by  section  [five  hundred  and fifty-three] NINE THOUSAND ONE
 HUNDRED FOUR of the insurance law, for fire department use and  benefit,
 upon  premiums  on  policies of insurance against loss or damage by fire
 covering property situated within the area protected  by  the  Albertson
 Hook,  Ladder, Engine and Hose Company No. 1, and within any duly organ-
 ized territory in which the Albertson  Hook,  Ladder,  Engine  and  Hose
 Company  No.  1  is,  or  may  hereafter  be,  obligated  to render fire
 protection.
   b. The officer of  such  corporation  designated  by  its  by-laws  to
 collect  and receive the aforesaid tax shall the same powers as provided
 by law for the treasurer of a  fire  department  with  respect  to  such
 collection and receipt.
   c.  Such  corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share of the
 tax imposed by section [five hundred and fifty-four] NINE  THOUSAND  ONE
 HUNDRED  FIVE  of  the insurance law, based upon premiums written in the
 territory with respect to which it is entitled to  collect  and  receive
 the  tax  under section [five hundred and fifty-three] NINE THOUSAND ONE
 HUNDRED FOUR of the insurance law.
   d. Such taxes shall only be used [for the care and relief of  disabled
 or  indigent  volunteer  and  exempt  firemen and their families] BY THE
 CORPORATION IN FURTHERANCE OF ITS PURPOSES SET FORTH IN SECTION 622.1 OF
 THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.