Legalizes the dissolution of the town of Sanford fire district by such town.
Ayes (24): Skelos, Alesi, Farley, Hannon, Johnson, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Marcellino, Maziarz, Nozzolio, Saland, Seward, Sampson, Breslin, Dilan, Duane, Hassell-Thompson, Krueger, Montgomery, Parker, Perkins, Smith, Stewart-Cousins
Ayes (62): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Kruger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
BILL NUMBER:S2952B
TITLE OF BILL: An act to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm the abolition of the Sanford Fire District by the town of Sanford, in the county of Broome and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to dissolve the Sanford fire district and establish the Sanford fire protection district.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the town law or insurance law, all proceedings and actions taken by the town of Sanford in the county of Broome, in relation to the abolition of the offices of fire district commissioners of the Sanford Fire District and transfer of their functions to the town board and town supervisor, including executing contracts for fire protection, redistributing foreign fire insurance premium tax funds and the establishment of any account of funds from real property taxes of the fire district, are hereby legalized, validated, ratified and confirmed.
Section 2. Notwithstanding the defects described in section one, to town board of the town of Sanford is hereby authorized to initiate proceedings pursuant to article 17-A of the general municipal law to dissolve the Sanford Fire District as if the town board were the governing body of the Sanford Fire District.
Section 3 makes this act take effect immediately and be deemed repealed on July 1, 2012.
JUSTIFICATION: Currently, the town of Sanford is faced with a problem concerning its fire district. Per the Comptroller's recommendation, the town of Sanford requested legislation be drafted by their state officials to abolish the town of Sanford fire district and form the town of Sanford fire protection district.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: S.4301A of 2010: Passed Senate
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2952--B 2011-2012 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 3, 2011 ___________Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 Sanford Fire District by the town of Sanford, in the county of Broome and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration there- of THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the town law or insurance law, all proceedings and actions taken by the town of Sanford in the county of Broome, in relation to the abolition of the offices of fire district commissioners of the Sanford Fire District and transfer of their functions to the town board and town supervisor, including execut- ing contracts for fire protection, redistributing foreign fire insurance premium tax funds and the establishment of any account of funds from real property taxes of the fire district, are hereby legalized, vali- dated, ratified and confirmed. S 2. Notwithstanding the defects described in section one, the town board of the town of Sanford is hereby authorized to initiate proceedings pursuant to article 17-A of the general municipal law to dissolve the Sanford Fire District as if the town board were the govern- ing body of the Sanford Fire District. S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; and shall expire and be deemed repealed on July 1, 2012.EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04886-05-1
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