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A 11061

Relates to the collection and use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Keith Brown

The bill authorizes the Centerport Volunteer Exempt Firefighter’s Benevolent Association to collect foreign fire insurance premium taxes and use the funds to support its benevolent

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Bill Summary · A 11061

Overview

  • Bill: A 11061-A (New York) for the 2025-2026 session
  • Purpose: Relates to the collection and use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by a local volunteer firefighter benevolent association in Centerport, Town of Huntington, Suffolk County.
  • Status: As introduced and amended, referred to Local Governments; later actions indicate movement to Ways and Means and Rules. Effective date: taxes on premiums received on/after January 1, 2027 (Section 7 amendment).

What the bill does

  • Amends Chapter 63 (1971) establishing the Centerport Volunteer Exempt Firemen’s Benevolent Association to:
    • Clarify membership eligibility and governance.
    • Specifically authorize the Centerport Fire Department Benevolent Association to collect and receive certain foreign fire insurance premium taxes and to use those funds for designated purposes.

Key provisions

  • Section 1 and Section 2 (Membership and Incorporation)

    • Creates and defines the not-for-profit Centerport Volunteer Exempt Firefighter’s Benevolent Association.
    • Eligibility: Active volunteer members of the Centerport Fire Department Company (Town of Huntington) or any fire corporation within the Centerport Fire District who have attained exempt volunteer firefighter status under the General Municipal Law, plus those who become or are active volunteers eligible for membership.
    • Eligibility restrictions: Individuals removed for cause, expelled, or dropped who have not been reinstated are ineligible.
    • Termination: Membership in the association ends if the person’s active/volunteer membership in the Centerport Fire Department ends before attaining exempt status.
    • Purpose context: The act preserves a mechanism for a local fire department benevolent association to organize and govern its members consistent with existing fire department structures.

  • Section 7 (Precept for foreign fire insurance premium taxes)

    • The association will collect all taxes imposed by Insurance Law sections nine thousand one hundred four (formerly “section 553”) for fire department use and benevolent purposes on premiums for fire insurance covering property in:
    • Centerport Fire District (Town of Huntington, Suffolk)
    • Any other territory where the Centerport Fire Department is obligated to render fire protection.
    • The designated officer of the association, per its by-laws, will collect and receive these taxes and shall have powers and be subject to the Insurance Law provisions governing treasurers of fire departments.
    • The association is entitled to a share of the tax imposed by Insurance Law sections nine thousand one hundred five (formerly “section 554”) based on the business written in the applicable territory.
    • Use of taxes: Funds shall be used by the association solely to support its stated purposes as set forth in section 3 of this act (the specific purposes are not included in the provided text, but they would align with the association’s benevolent and fire department-support goals).

Who is affected

  • Primary: Centerport Volunteer Exempt Firefighter’s Benevolent Association (as the collecting and managing entity for foreign fire insurance premium taxes).
  • Indirectly affected: Centerport Fire Department Company and Centerport Fire District volunteers and potentially residents within the district whose fire protection and benevolent funding may be influenced by the association’s use of tax proceeds.
  • Tax/insurance stakeholders: Insurance premium payors of fire insurance for properties in the Centerport Fire District and related territories; the association becomes a local tax collection agent under the Insurance Law framework.

Procedural and timeline aspects

  • Effective date: Immediate for the act; amendments to section 7 apply to premiums received on or after January 1, 2027, creating a phased-in implementation.
  • Legislative timeline: Introduced April 24, 2026; amended and reprinted; referred to Local Governments, then moved to Ways and Means, and Rules in subsequent actions.
  • Compliance: The association’s tax collection authority is tied to its by-laws and to applicable provisions of the Insurance Law governing treasurers of fire departments.

Notes for readers

  • The bill preserves and formalizes a local, volunteer-firefighting benevolent association’s role in collecting and distributing premium taxes collected on fire insurance.
  • The exact types and boundaries of “section 3” purposes (how funds will be used) are not detailed in the provided text; the law requires the funds to be used to further the association’s purposes as defined in that section.
  • The new tax collection arrangement interacts with existing state Insurance Law provisions governing treasurers and foreign fire insurance premium taxes.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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