Assembly Bill A5610

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to services provided by village volunteer fire companies in certain counties

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5610 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §10-1004, Vil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8312
2013-2014: A6977
2015-2016: A3926

2017-A5610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits village volunteer fire companies in certain counties to enter into contracts to provide certain emergency services to a town in which the village is located without the consent of the village board or fire commissioners.

2017-A5610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5610
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MORINELLO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to volunteer fire companies
   in certain counties
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  10-1004 of the village law is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 10-1004 Organization of companies. 1. The board of fire  commission-
 ers,  with the approval of the board of trustees, may organize and main-
 tain fire, hose, protective and hook and ladder companies,  whenever  in
 its judgment the public interests require. The board of fire commission-
 ers  may,  by  resolution,  with  the approval of the board of trustees,
 consent to the incorporation of any of the  companies  so  organized  by
 them,  or  may,  by  like  approval, consent to the incorporation or the
 organization without incorporation  of  as  many  companies  voluntarily
 organized in said village as may be deemed necessary.
   2.  (A)  A  VILLAGE  FIRE, HOSE, PROTECTIVE OR HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY
 LOCATED IN ANY COUNTY HAVING A  POPULATION  OF  MORE  THAN  TWO  HUNDRED
 SIXTEEN  THOUSAND BUT LESS THAN TWO HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND MAY, WITH-
 OUT THE CONSENT OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR THE VILLAGE BOARD OF
 FIRE COMMISSIONERS, ENTER INTO A CONTRACT TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO A  TOWN
 IN WHICH THE VILLAGE IS LOCATED PROVIDED THAT:
   (I)  THE  SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED SHALL BE LIMITED TO FIRE PROTECTION,
 GENERAL AMBULANCE SERVICE, OR EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE  CASE  OF  ACCI-
 DENTS, CALAMITIES OR OTHER EMERGENCIES, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF; AND
   (II)  SUCH  CONTRACT  SHALL  BE AN EXTENSION OR RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING
 CONTRACT FOR SUCH SERVICES IN THE TOWN.
   (B) THE VILLAGE BOARD OF  TRUSTEES  MAY  NOT  ABOLISH  A  FIRE,  HOSE,
 PROTECTIVE  OR  HOOK  AND  LADDER COMPANY PURSUANT TO SECTION 10-1020 OF
 THIS ARTICLE BASED IN WHOLE OR IN PART ON THE DECISION BY  SUCH  COMPANY
 TO ENTER INTO SUCH A CONTRACT EXTENSION OR RENEWAL.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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