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NY S 5383

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Expands the purposes of certain firefighter's benevolent associations

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Permits an incorporated firefighter's benevolent association created by act of the legislature to include the following in the purposes of the association without an additional act of the legislature; to promote friendly association for the betterment of the members of the corporation; to promote relations between the members of the corporation and the local community; to provide relief, aid and assistance to those members and their families who are injured, disabled or indigent; to provide for the health and safety of the members of the corporation; to maintain suitable headquarters for the members of the corporation; to acquire real and personal property such as may be necessary for the purposes set forth in this section; to study and disseminate among the members of the corporation the most efficient manner of fighting fires; and to promote the volunteer fire service within the territory now served or which may hereafter be served by the fire department associated with such corporation.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pete Harckhamprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

    referral-committee

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Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S5383?summary=&detail=

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