New YorkNew Hartford volunteers would organize an association to aid firefighters
Eligible New Hartford volunteer firefighters would have a nonprofit association that supports members and their families and receives designated fire insurance tax payments.
What it does
Eligible New Hartford volunteers would form a nonprofit association to help members facing hardship, disability, or duty injuries and their families. It would also support member welfare and activities.
The association would receive designated fire insurance tax payments tied to the department’s service area, for premiums received on or after January 1, 2027. Spending would be limited to its stated purposes.
Argument forDedicated insurance tax payments could help the association support eligible volunteer firefighters facing hardship, disability, or injuries and their families.
Argument againstDirecting these tax payments to the association could limit their use for other fire department needs outside the association’s purposes.
More detail
Eligible volunteers would organize a nonprofit association to support members and their families. Membership would cover current and former New Hartford Fire Department volunteers who earn the legal status of exempt volunteer firefighter through service there. Paid firefighters and people removed from the department without being reinstated could not join. Membership would end if a volunteer left active service before completing five years.
The association would receive designated taxes on fire insurance premiums. The payments would cover insurance business in areas where the New Hartford Fire Department provides or is obligated to provide fire protection. The association could use these payments only for its stated purposes, including member aid, welfare, and support for volunteer fire service. If enacted, the tax payment rules would apply to taxes due on premiums received on or after January 1, 2027.
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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.348Became Law
- Oct 16DELIVERED TO GOVERNORTo Governor
- Jun 3RETURNED TO SENATE
- Vote recorded Assembly Vote. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 3PASSED ASSEMBLYPassed 2nd Chamber
- Jun 3ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.453
- Jun 3SUBSTITUTED FOR A10278
- May 18REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTSMinor
- Vote recorded Floor Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- May 18DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- May 18PASSED SENATEPassed 1st Chamber
- May 7ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- May 62ND REPORT CAL.
- May 51ST REPORT CAL.901
- Vote recorded Local Government Vote. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTIntroduced
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