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NY Town L § 178 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 178 - Powers and Duties of Fire District Secretary.

§ 178. Powers and duties of fire district secretary. The fire district   secretary  shall attend all meetings of the board of fire commissioners,   act as clerk thereof, and keep a complete and  accurate  record  of  the   proceedings   of  each  meeting  and  of  all  propositions,  rules  and   regulations  adopted  pursuant  to  this  article.  The  fire   district   secretary  shall have such additional powers and perform such additional   duties  as  the  board  of  fire  commissioners   may   determine,   not   inconsistent with law.
NY Town L § 178-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 178-A - Expenses Incurred in Attending Town and County Officers Training School.

§  178-a.  Expenses  incurred  in  attending  town and county officers   training school. The actual and necessary expenses incurred  by  a  fire   district  officer  or person duly elected as a fire district officer, in   attending a course of training for his respective office as provided  by   the  town  and  county officers training school of the state of New York   for the purpose of improving the administration of municipal affairs  in   the  town  and counties of the state, shall be a charge against the fire   district of which he is an officer or officer-elect. No person, however,   shall be allowed such expenses for attending a  regional  school  unless   his  district  shall  be  included  within  the  area  of such region as   established by the board of trustees of the  town  and  county  officers   training   school   of  the  state  of  New  York.  The  board  of  fire   commissioners, in lieu of auditing and allowing  the  claim  of  a  fire   district  officer or officer-elect for actual and necessary expenses for   travel in attending any  such  course  of  training,  may  determine  by   resolution  to  allow and pay such officer or officer-elect a reasonable   mileage allowance for the use  of  his  own  automobile  for  each  mile   actually  and  necessarily  traveled  by him in attending such course of   training.
NY Town L § 178-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 178-B - Expenses of the Association of Fire Districts of the State of New York.

§ 178-b. Expenses of the association of fire districts of the state of   New  York.  The  board  of  fire  commissioners of any fire district may   determine to expend and raise by taxation annually such sums as  may  be   required   toward   defraying  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses  of   maintaining and continuing the association  of  fire  districts  of  the   state  of  New  York,  and  any  of its activities in this state for the   purpose of devising  practical  ways  and  means  of  obtaining  greater   economy and efficiency in the administration of fire district affairs.The  board of fire commissioners of any fire district may determine to   expend and raise by taxation annually such sums as may  be  required  to   defray  the proportionate share of such fire district to meet the actual   and necessary expenses of maintaining  and  continuing  (1)  the  county   association of fire districts or the county association of fire district   officers  of the fire districts in a county in which all or part of such   fire district  is  located  and  (2)  a  regional  association  of  fire   districts  or  a  regional  association of fire district officers of the   fire districts located in an area of adjoining counties, and to maintain   and continue any of the activities of  any  such  association,  for  the   purposes   of   obtaining   greater   economy   and  efficiency  in  the   administration of fire district affairs.
NY Town L § 178-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 178-C - Expenses of Fire District Officers, Officials and Employees.

§  178-c. Expenses of fire district officers, officials and employees.   When incurred by the authority of the board of fire  commissioners,  the   actual  and  necessary  expenses,  including expenses for travel, of all   fire district officers and paid employees of the fire district,  and  of   all  paid  and  volunteer officers of the fire district fire department,   incurred and paid by any such fire district officer,  paid  employee  or   fire  department  officer  in  executing  the  duties  of  his office or   position  shall  be  a  fire  district  charge.  The   board   of   fire   commissioners of any fire district, in lieu of auditing and allowing the   claim  of  a  fire  district  officer,  paid employee or fire department   officer for actual and necessary expenses for travel, may  determine  by   resolution to allow and pay such fire district officer, paid employee or   fire  department  officer  a reasonable mileage allowance for the use of   his own automobile for each mile actually and  necessarily  traveled  by   him  in  executing  the duties of his office or position. In determining   the amount of such  allowance,  the  board  of  fire  commissioners  may   consider  the  cost  of  gasoline,  but in no event shall such allowance   exceed  the  standard  mileage  allowance  for  business-related  travel   adopted or prescribed for federal income tax purposes. The provisions of   this  section  shall  not be deemed to amend, modify or supersede any of   the provisions of section one hundred seventy-eight-a  of  this  article   and  sections seventy-two-g and seventy-seven-b of the general municipal   law.
NY Town L § 178-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 178-D - Costs, Expenses and Damages a Fire District Charge in Certain Cases.

§ 178-d. Costs, expenses and damages a fire district charge in certain   cases.  Whenever  the  fire  district  commissioners  or  board  of fire   commissioners of any fire district, or any fire district officers,  have   been or shall be instructed by a resolution adopted at a regular special   meeting  of the board of fire commissioners to defend any action brought   against them, or to bring or defend an action  or  proceeding  affecting   any  district property or claim of the district, or involving its rights   or interests, or to continue any such action or defense, all their costs   and reasonable expenses, as well  as  all  costs  and  damages  adjudged   against  them,  shall  be a district charge and shall be levied upon the   taxable property of such district in the same manner  as  moneys  raised   for   the   support   of  such  district.  Whenever  any  fire  district   commissioner or  fire  district  officer  shall  defend  any  action  or   proceeding,  other than a criminal proceeding, hereafter brought against   him, arising out of the exercise of his powers or the performance of his   duties,  provided  such  commissioner  or  officer  was  acting  in  the   discharge  of  his  duties  and within the scope of his authority at the   time damages were sustained, all his reasonable costs and  expenses,  as   well  as all costs and damages adjudged against him, shall be a district   charge and shall be levied upon the taxable property of such district in   the same manner as money  raised  for  the  support  of  such  district,   provided  (a)  such  fire district commissioner or fire district officer   shall  notify  the  board  of  fire  commissioners  in  writing  of  the   commencement  of such action or proceedings against him within five days   after  service  of  process  upon  him;  and  (b)  the  board  of   fire   commissioners  shall, at any time during the ten days next following the   notice to them of the commencement of such action or  proceedings,  have   the  right  to designate and appoint the legal counsel to represent such   fire district commissioner or fire district officer in  such  action  or   proceedings  against  him,  in  the  absence  of  which  designation and   appointment within the time specified such fire district commissioner or   fire district officer may select his own legal counsel.
NY Town L § 180 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 180 - Actions and Proceedings Against Fire Districts.

§ 180. Actions and proceedings against fire districts. No action shall   be  maintained against a fire district upon or arising out of a contract   entered into by the fire district, unless the same  shall  be  commenced   within  eighteen  months  after  the  cause of action thereof shall have   accrued, nor unless a written verified claim shall have been filed  with   the  fire district secretary within six months after the cause of action   shall have accrued, but no such action shall be brought  upon  any  such   claim until forty days have elapsed after the filing of the claim in the   office of the fire district secretary.
NY Town L § 181-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 181-B - Independent Audit of Fire Districts.

§  181-b.  Independent audit of fire districts. 1. The commissioner of   each fire district with revenues of four  hundred  thousand  dollars  or   more  shall  obtain  an  annual  audit  of its records by an independent   certified public accountant or an  independent  public  accountant.  The   report  of  such  annual  audit  shall be presented to the fire district   board of fire commissioners by such accountant. Such fire district audit   shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,  the  district's   financial   conditions  and resources and such other things as the state comptroller   may designate. A copy of the audit report  in  form  prescribed  by  the   state comptroller and certified by the accountant, shall be furnished to   the  commissioners, the town boards served by the district and the state   comptroller within one hundred eighty days  following  the  end  of  the   fiscal year audited.2.  The  commissioner of each fire district with revenues of less than   four hundred thousand dollars  shall  report  the  district's  financial   conditions  and resources and such other things as the state comptroller   may designate on a form prescribed by him or her. A copy of such  report   shall  be issued to the state comptroller within one hundred eighty days   following the  end  of  the  fiscal  year.  The  state  comptroller  may   designate an amount below which no report shall be required.3.  On  or after January first, two thousand seven, all fire districts   subject to the provisions of  subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall   utilize  a competitive request for proposal process when contracting for   such annual audit. In addition, no audit engagement shall be for a  term   longer  than  five consecutive years; provided, however, that nothing in   this subdivision shall preclude a  district,  in  its  discretion,  from   permitting  an independent certified public accountant or an independent   public accountant engaged under an existing contract for  such  services   to  (i) submit a proposal for such services in response to a request for   competitive proposals, or (ii) be awarded a  contract  to  provide  such   services under a request for proposal process.4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph one of paragraph (b)   of subdivision four of section thirty-five of the general municipal law,   each  fire  district  shall  (i)  prepare  a  corrective  action plan in   response to any findings contained in the annual external  audit  report   or  management  letter,  or  any  final audit report issued by the state   comptroller, within ninety days of receipt of such report or letter, and   (ii) to the extent practicable, begin implementation of such  corrective   action plan no later than the end of the next fiscal year.
NY Town L § 184-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 184-A - Contract for Water Supply Outside of Fire Districts.

§ 184-a. Contract for water supply outside of fire districts. The town   board of any town, on behalf of a fire protection district or fire alarm   district  situated therein, or on behalf of the area of the town outside   of any village, fire district, fire protection district  or  fire  alarm   district,  which  area  is  hereinafter  referred to as the "unprotected   area", may contract for a  supply  of  water  and  for  the  furnishing,   erection,  maintenance, care and replacement of fire hydrants, including   the erection and maintenance of markers therefor,  and  the  removal  of   snow  and  ice to provide access thereto, for fire purposes for a period   not exceeding five years.Before a contract shall be entered  into  pursuant  to  the  authority   given in this section, the town board shall hold a public hearing in the   district  or  unprotected area or at such other place within the town as   the town board shall designate. Notice of the hearing shall be published   at least once in at least one newspaper having  general  circulation  in   the district or unprotected area, the first publication thereof to be at   least  ten  days  prior to the day specified for the hearing. The notice   shall specify the time when and place where the hearing  will  be  held,   and shall describe in general terms the proposed contract. The amount of   any contract that may be entered into pursuant to the provisions of this   section  together  with  all  other  expenses  necessarily  incurred  or   occasioned thereby, shall be assessed and levied upon the  taxable  real   property  in  the district or unprotected area and collected in the same   manner, at the same time and by the same  officers  as  town  taxes  are   assessed,  levied  and collected and, when collected, the amount thereof   shall be paid to the supervisor of the town. The supervisor shall pay to   the person, company or corporation entitled thereto the amount specified   in the contract.If a fire protection district or fire alarm district shall be situated   partly in each of two or more towns any action which would be  taken  by   the town board in the case of a district situated in only one town shall   be  taken  by  the  town boards of the several towns acting jointly by a   majority vote of the members of each of such town boards, and the notice   of public hearing required by this section shall be given  by  the  town   clerks of the several towns acting jointly.
NY Town L § 188 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 188 - Use of Surplus Town Moneys for Purchase of Fire Apparatus for Use in Town Fire Districts.

§  188.  Use of surplus town moneys for purchase of fire apparatus for   use in town fire districts. The town board in a town  in  which  a  town   fire district has been established pursuant to the provisions of chapter   two  hundred  and twenty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixteen may   authorize the expenditure of surplus moneys of the town for the purchase   of apparatus for the extinguishment and the prevention of fires in  such   town fire district.
NY Town L § 189 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11 - Fire, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection Districts 189 - Fire Inspection of Property in Contract Areas.

§  189.  Fire  inspection  of  property  in  contract areas. The chief   officer of the fire department or fire company which is to furnish  fire   protection  service  in  a  fire  district,  fire alarm district or fire   protection district under a contract for fire  protection  entered  into   pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  subdivision twenty-two of section one   hundred seventy-six, section one hundred  eighty-three  or  section  one   hundred  eighty-four of this chapter may inspect (1) any public building   and (2) with the consent of the  owner,  any  privately-owned  building,   located within the fire district, fire alarm district or fire protection   district  or  the  portion  thereof  required to be protected under such   contract, for fire hazards, or such  chief  officer  may  delegate  such   power  of  inspection  to  an  officer  or  member of such department or   company.The term "building," as used  in  this  section  does  not  include  a   multiple  dwelling  which  may  be  inspected by such fire department or   company under and pursuant to the  provisions  of  subdivision  four  of   section three hundred three of the multiple residence law.The  failure  of  any  such officer or member to discover and properly   report any such fire hazards or  his  or  her  neglect  or  omission  to   perform  such  duties  shall  not  subject  him  or her, his or her fire   department, fire company, or the city, village, fire district or town in   which or of which he or she is a  firefighter  to  any  civil  or  other   liability.  Any  such fire officer or member shall not be liable civilly   for any act or acts  done  by  him  or  her  as  a  firefighter  in  the   performance of such duties, except for wilful negligence or malfeasance,   but  the  provisions  of  this  section shall not relieve any such city,   village, fire district, town, or fire company from  liability,  if  any,   for  the  negligent  or  wrongful  acts  of the officer or member in the   actual performance of such duty.
NY Town L § 189-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11-A - Joint Fire Districts in Towns and Villages 189-B - Sale of Firehouse, Land and Apparatus.

§  189-b. Sale of firehouse, land and apparatus. The board of trustees   of a village or the  commissioners  of  a  fire  district,  all  of  the   territory  of  which  is  embraced within the boundaries of a joint fire   district established or extended pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this   article, may by resolution authorize the sale or transfer of a firehouse   (including  the  plot  of land on which the building or fire district is   situated), fire apparatus and fire equipment owned by such village or by   such  fire  district  to  said  joint  fire  district  with  or  without   consideration  and,  upon  such terms and conditions as to such board of   trustees or board of commissioners may deem fitting and proper.
NY Town L § 189-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11-A - Joint Fire Districts in Towns and Villages 189-D - Establishment of District.

§  189-d. Establishment of district. The clerk of such town or village   designated  by  the  town  and  village  boards  participating  in   the   determination to establish or extend any joint fire district pursuant to   this  article  shall,  within  ten  days,  cause a certified copy of the   determination establishing or extending the district to be filed in  the   state  department  of  audit and control at Albany, New York, and shall,   within ten days, cause a certified copy  of  such  determination  to  be   recorded  in  the  office  of  the county clerk, and when so recorded it   shall be presumptive evidence of the  regularity  and  validity  of  the   creation  of  the  district  and  of  the  acts  of such boards relating   thereto. A review of  such  determination  may  be  had  in  the  manner   provided  in  section  one hundred seventy-three of this chapter, except   that the undertaking for costs and expenses shall run to such  town  and   village and apply to the costs and expenses of each.
NY Town L § 189-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11-A - Joint Fire Districts in Towns and Villages 189-F - Powers of Board of Commissioners.

§  189-f. Powers of board of commissioners. The board of commissioners   shall have and exercise, with respect to such district,  the  applicable   powers  and  duties  of  a  board  of  fire  district  commissioners  as   prescribed by the town law, with respect to similar functions of a  fire   district  in  a town and all of the provisions of article eleven of this   chapter shall be applicable to a joint fire district created pursuant to   this  article.  Such  powers  and  duties  of  the  board  of   district   commissioners are subject to the following restriction:No real property or easement therein shall be acquired by the board of   commissioners  without  the  approval of the village board or boards and   the town board or boards of each village or town in which any portion of   the district is situated. But this restriction shall not  apply  if,  at   the  meeting  for  the  establishment  of  any  such  district hereafter   established, a resolution to that effect is adopted in the  same  manner   as the resolution for the establishment of the district is adopted.
NY Town L § 189-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11-A - Joint Fire Districts in Towns and Villages 189-G - Appointment of District Treasurer.

§  189-g.  Appointment  of  district  treasurer.  The  board  of  fire   commissioners shall appoint to serve during  its  pleasure,  a  district   treasurer,  who  shall  receive and have the custody of the funds of the   district and shall disburse the same for the purposes herein  authorized   on  the  order  of  the  board  of fire commissioners. The board of fire   commissioners also shall appoint a district secretary,  who  shall  have   the  custody  of  all the records, books and papers of the district. The   secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of  fire  commissioners   and  act  as clerk thereof, shall keep a complete and accurate record of   the proceedings of each  meeting;  and  shall  have  and  exercise  such   additional  duties  as the board of fire commissioners may determine not   inconsistent with law.
NY Town L § 189-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 11-A - Joint Fire Districts in Towns and Villages 189-I - Fire Protection.

§  189-i.  Fire  protection.  The  board  of  fire commissioners shall   provide fire protection throughout the  entire  district  and  for  that   purpose  may  accept  the  services  of any volunteer fire department or   company  organized  and  operating  within  the  village,  or   if   the   commissioners  are  unable  to provide such fire protection by volunteer   services, it may employ and fix the compensation of such firefighters as   may be necessary to provide such protection. Moneys,  if  any,  paid  to   firefighters  shall  be  deemed  a  part  of the cost of maintenance and   operation of the district.