New York Assembly Bill A11133

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 4/24/26
• Refer: 4/24/26

Caption

Relates to the Islip Terrace Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association

Summary

This bill makes technical amendments to the 1958 law that created the Islip Terrace Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association. The most visible change is terminology: the association’s name and membership provisions are updated from “Firemen” and “firemen” to “Firefighter” and “firefighters,” and a gendered pronoun is replaced with the gender-neutral “their.” The bill also updates references to the Insurance Law to reflect current section numbering. The bill preserves the association’s basic structure and eligibility rules. It continues to allow current and former volunteer members of the Islip Terrace fire department, members of fire corporations in the district, and exempt volunteer firefighters in the protected territory to join, while excluding persons expelled or removed for cause. It also keeps the association’s authority to collect foreign fire insurance premium taxes and related tax shares for use in support of its statutory purposes, but revises the language describing how those funds may be used.

Impact

The bill amends chapter 10 of the laws of 1958, a special act governing the Islip Terrace Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association in Suffolk County. It updates statutory terminology and cross-references in the Insurance Law, including replacing outdated section citations with current numbering and modernizing references to firefighters. The measure does not appear to expand eligibility or materially change the association’s powers, but it does clarify that premium-tax revenues are to be used in furtherance of the association’s purposes as set out in the act.

Sentiment

The available record suggests the bill is largely noncontroversial and technical in nature. There are no committee transcripts or recorded votes indicating opposition, and the bill’s purpose appears to be housekeeping: conforming terminology to current usage and updating statutory references. The overall sentiment is likely favorable, especially among fire service stakeholders, because it preserves the association’s existing authority while modernizing the language of the law.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the available materials. If any concern were to arise, it would likely center on the revised use language for foreign fire insurance premium tax revenues, since the bill replaces a more specific description of benefits for disabled or indigent volunteer firemen and their families with a broader reference to the association’s purposes. However, the text indicates the funds remain restricted to the association’s statutory purposes, and there is no evidence of active dispute in the record provided.