New YorkLiverpool Fire Department would be exempt from its nonresident membership cap
If the bill becomes law, Liverpool Fire Department in Salina would be exempt from the rule limiting nonresident volunteers to 45% of its membership.
What it does
Liverpool Fire Department would be exempt from the 45% cap on volunteers from outside its service area. Those volunteers would still need to be available for service and meet membership approval rules.
Argument forThe exemption could help Liverpool recruit more volunteers from outside its service area who are available to respond.
Argument againstPeople living in Liverpool’s service area could make up a smaller share of the department if more volunteers join from elsewhere.
More detail
Liverpool Fire Department would be exempt from the 45% limit on nonresident members. This covers Liverpool Fire Department in Salina, Onondaga County. Nonresidents are volunteers living outside its territory and areas it protects under contract. Nonresident volunteers must be available for active service because they live nearby or because of their usual work. Town approval rules and the department’s own membership rules would still apply. The exemption would take effect immediately if the bill becomes law.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 23SIGNED CHAP.327Became Law
- Oct 16DELIVERED TO GOVERNORTo Governor
- Jun 3RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- Vote recorded Floor Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 3PASSED SENATEPassed 2nd Chamber
- Jun 33RD READING CAL.1682
- Jun 3SUBSTITUTED FOR S10337
- May 29REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONSMinor
- Vote recorded Assembly Vote. Result: pass.Lower
- May 29DELIVERED TO SENATE
- May 29PASSED ASSEMBLYPassed 1st Chamber
- May 29ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.283
- May 29RULES REPORT CAL.283
- May 29REPORTED
- May 29REPORTED REFERRED TO RULESMinor
- May 18REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANSMinor
- May 11REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTSIntroduced
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