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NY S08306
Bill
Status
9/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Robert Ortt
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AI Summary
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Renames the "South Lockport Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association" to "South Lockport Volunteer Exempt Firefighters' Benevolent Association" and converts it from a membership corporation to a not-for-profit corporation
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Expands the organization's stated purposes to include providing relief to members who are indigent, disabled, or injured in the line of duty; maintaining headquarters; promoting member welfare, health, and safety; providing social and recreational activities; and promoting the volunteer fire service
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Updates gender-neutral language throughout the charter, changing "firemen" to "firefighters" and "his" to "their"
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Updates insurance law section references from sections 553 and 554 to sections 9104 and 9105 for foreign fire insurance premium tax collection
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Broadens permitted uses of collected insurance premium taxes from only "care and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt volunteer firemen and their families" to all purposes set forth in the expanded organizational purposes section, effective for taxes due on premiums received on or after January 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Updates the South Lockport Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association's charter; amends the purposes of such organization and the permitted uses of certain insurance premium taxes collected.
Last Action
SIGNED CHAP.410
9/10/2025