Title TWN, Town

§ 154-a. Physical examinations. The town board may, from time to time,\nprovide, by resolution, for the physical examination of any or all\nmembers of the police department by a duly qualified physician\ndesignated by the town board. The costs of such examinations shall be a\nto…

§ 155. Discipline and charges. Except as otherwise provided by law, a\nmember of such police department shall continue in office unless\nsuspended or dismissed in the manner hereinafter provided. The town\nboard shall have the power and authority to adopt and make rules and\nreg…

§ 156. Effect of resignation. Any member of such department who shall\nresign shall be eligible for reinstatement in the same police force or\npolice department or in any other police force or police department to\nwhich he was eligible for transfer at the time of his resignatio…

§ 157. Absentee leave. Every member of such police department shall be\nentitled, in addition to any vacation or absentee leave now prescribed\nby law, to one day of rest in seven. The chief or acting chief of the\npolice department shall keep a time book showing the name and sh…

§ 158. Special police officers. 1. The town board of any town of the\nfirst class and the town board of any town of the second class which\nshall have a population of five thousand or more as shown by the latest\nfederal census, whether there be a police department in and for su…

§ 170. Establishment and extension of fire, fire alarm and fire\nprotection districts. 1. The town board of any town or, if the proposed\ndistrict or extension includes territory in more than one town, the town\nboards of each of the towns in which such proposed district or exte…

§ 171. Petition and hearing. 1. A petition to establish or extend a\nfire, fire alarm or fire protection district pursuant to the provisions\nof section one hundred seventy of this article shall be signed, and\nacknowledged or proved in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, …

§ 172-a. Alteration of boundaries of fire districts. 1. Irrespective\nof the manner of their original establishment, whenever two or more fire\ndistricts adjoin and the boards of fire commissioners of each fire\ndistrict affected have agreed by a written memorandum of proposed c…

§ 172-c. Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district. The\ntown board of a town in which any fire protection district has been\nestablished, or if established in two or more towns, the town boards of\nsuch towns acting jointly by a majority vote of the members of each o…

§ 172-e. Change of name of fire district. The name of a fire district\nmay be changed upon a resolution of the board of fire commissioners of\nsuch fire district after a public hearing thereon. Such public hearing\nshall be held prior to the first day of September in any year. T…

§ 172-f. Resolution and hearing for diminution of fire district\nboundaries. 1. Irrespective of the manner of its original establishment,\nwhenever a board of fire commissioners resolves, by a two-thirds vote,\nto diminish the boundaries of such fire district, so as to exclude\n…

§ 172-g. Filing of determination. 1. Whenever the board of fire\ncommissioners and the town board shall adopt a resolution diminishing\nthe area of a fire district and including such area in a fire protection\ndistrict, the town clerk shall cause a certified copy of such resolut…

§ 173. Filing of determination. 1. Whenever the town board or boards\nshall adopt a resolution establishing or extending a fire alarm district\nor a fire protection district, or consolidating two or more adjoining\nfire districts or fire protection districts, or altering the bou…

§ 174. Fire district officers. 1. Whenever a fire district shall be\nestablished, within ten days thereafter the town board of the town in\nwhich such district is located or, in the case of a district including\nterritory in two or more towns, the town boards of such towns actin…

§ 175. Election of fire district officers. 1. An annual election shall\nbe held in each fire district on the second Tuesday in December, except\nthat in the Ocean Bay Park fire district, the Lonelyville fire district,\nthe Davis Park fire district, the Cherry Grove fire district…

§ 175-a. Registration for voters. 1. The board of fire commissioners\nof any fire district may provide by resolution, that a proposition be\nsubmitted at any annual fire district election providing that additional\npersonal registration of voters not registered with the board of…

§ 175-b. Absentee ballots for fire district elections; special\nprovisions. 1. The board of fire commissioners of any fire district in\nwhich officers are elected, may, by resolution, provide for absentee\nballots for fire district elections, in accordance with the provisions\no…

§ 175-c. Notice of hearings and elections. 1. In addition to any other\nnotice or posting requirement, every fire district secretary shall cause\na notice of any upcoming hearing or election to be posted on the fire\ndistrict website, if one exists. Such notice shall be posted f…

§ 176. Powers and duties of fire district commissioners. Subject to\nlaw and the provisions of this chapter, the fire district commissioners\nof every fire district shall constitute and be known as the board of\nfire commissioners of such fire district. Such board of fire\ncommi…

§ 176-a. Duties of chief and assistant chiefs of fire department of\nfire district. 1. The chief shall, under the direction of the board of\nfire commissioners, have exclusive control of the members of the fire\ndepartment of the fire district at all fires, inspections, reviews …

§ 176-b. Volunteer members of fire district fire companies. 1. The\nvolunteer members of a fire company shall be elected and appointed as\nprovided in this section.\n 2. The board of fire commissioners shall appoint residents of the fire\ndistrict as the volunteer members of any…

§ 176-c. Removal of fire commissioners. Any fire commissioner may be\nremoved for dereliction of duty. Dereliction of duty shall include, but\nnot be limited to, excessive unexcused absences from regularly scheduled\nmeetings. These criteria for removal are in addition to the cr…

§ 176-d. Funding of fire districts. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, a fire district may include as part of\nits budget an appropriation to fund an annual firefighters'\ninspection-dinner for each fire company within the fire district.\n

§ 176-e. Training requirements for fire commissioners. Each fire\ncommissioner shall attend and successfully complete a\ncommissioner-specific state-approved training course within two hundred\nseventy days of the taking of such office. The course will contain\ntraining related …

§ 177. Powers and duties of fire district treasurer. The fire district\ntreasurer shall be the fiscal officer of the fire district and shall\nreceive and have the custody of the funds of the district and shall\ndisburse the same for the purposes herein authorized when so ordered…

§ 177-b. Powers and duties of deputy fire district treasurers. The\nboard of fire commissioners of any fire district may appoint a deputy\nfire district treasurer to hold office until the thirty-first day of\nDecember next succeeding his appointment. During the absence or\ninabi…

§ 177-c. Powers and duties of the director of purchasing. In any fire\ndistrict in which the office of director of purchasing has been\nestablished and a director of purchasing shall have been appointed and\nqualified, the director of purchasing shall make all purchases and all\…

§ 178. Powers and duties of fire district secretary. The fire district\nsecretary shall attend all meetings of the board of fire commissioners,\nact as clerk thereof, and keep a complete and accurate record of the\nproceedings of each meeting and of all propositions, rules and\n…

§ 178-a. Expenses incurred in attending town and county officers\ntraining school. The actual and necessary expenses incurred by a fire\ndistrict officer or person duly elected as a fire district officer, in\nattending a course of training for his respective office as provided b…

§ 178-b. Expenses of the association of fire districts of the state of\nNew York. The board of fire commissioners of any fire district may\ndetermine to expend and raise by taxation annually such sums as may be\nrequired toward defraying the actual and necessary expenses of\nmai…

§ 178-c. Expenses of fire district officers, officials and employees.\nWhen incurred by the authority of the board of fire commissioners, the\nactual and necessary expenses, including expenses for travel, of all\nfire district officers and paid employees of the fire district, an…

§ 178-d. Costs, expenses and damages a fire district charge in certain\ncases. Whenever the fire district commissioners or board of fire\ncommissioners of any fire district, or any fire district officers, have\nbeen or shall be instructed by a resolution adopted at a regular spe…

§ 179. Special district elections to vote upon appropriations. The\nboard of fire commissioners upon its own motion may submit, and upon\npetition, as hereinafter provided, shall cause to be submitted, at a\nspecial or annual fire district election, a proposition:\n 1. (a) To pu…

§ 180. Actions and proceedings against fire districts. No action shall\nbe maintained against a fire district upon or arising out of a contract\nentered into by the fire district, unless the same shall be commenced\nwithin eighteen months after the cause of action thereof shall …

§ 181. Annual budget and levy of taxes. 1. The fiscal year of each\nfire district shall begin on the first day of January and end on the\nthirty-first day of December.\n For each fiscal year, the board of fire commissioners of each fire\ndistrict shall prepare and adopt an annua…

§ 181-a. Budgetary controls. 1. The fire district treasurer shall\nmaintain a separate account for each appropriation made in the annual\nbudget of the fire district. Each such account shall show the amount\nappropriated, the several amounts expended from the account, and the\nu…

§ 181-b. Independent audit of fire districts. 1. The commissioner of\neach fire district with revenues of four hundred thousand dollars or\nmore shall obtain an annual audit of its records by an independent\ncertified public accountant or an independent public accountant. The\nr…

§ 182. Effect of incorporation of village or city including lands\nwithin a fire district. 1. Whenever any portion of any fire district\nheretofore or hereafter established shall be incorporated into the\ncorporate limits of any incorporated village or city, the town board or\nt…

§ 183. Fire alarm districts. Whenever the town board shall have\nestablished a fire alarm district pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle, the town board shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, plans,\nspecifications, estimates and a proposed contract for the installation,\…

§ 184. Fire protection districts. * 1. Whenever the town board shall\nhave established or extended a fire protection district pursuant to the\nprovisions of this article, the town board shall provide for the\nfurnishing of fire protection within the district and for that purpose…

§ 184-a. Contract for water supply outside of fire districts. The town\nboard of any town, on behalf of a fire protection district or fire alarm\ndistrict situated therein, or on behalf of the area of the town outside\nof any village, fire district, fire protection district or f…

§ 184-c. Water supply outside of fire districts. The town board of any\ntown, on behalf of a fire protection district or fire alarm district\nsituated therein, or on behalf of the area of the town outside of any\nvillage, fire district, fire protection district or fire alarm dis…

§ 186. Savings clause. 1. Except as otherwise provided by law, fire\ndistricts now existing shall continue to exist as now established,\nsubject to the provisions of this chapter. Except as hereinafter\nprovided no fire district officers shall be appointed or elected as\nsuccess…

§ 187. Exclusion of a fire district from a water supply district. 1.\nPetition. Whenever a fire district shall be located wholly within the\nboundaries of a water supply district which shall have no bonded\nindebtedness, a written petition as hereinafter provided may be\npresent…

§ 188. Use of surplus town moneys for purchase of fire apparatus for\nuse in town fire districts. The town board in a town in which a town\nfire district has been established pursuant to the provisions of chapter\ntwo hundred and twenty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixtee…

§ 189. Fire inspection of property in contract areas. The chief\nofficer of the fire department or fire company which is to furnish fire\nprotection service in a fire district, fire alarm district or fire\nprotection district under a contract for fire protection entered into\npu…

§ 189-a. Procedure. 1. The town board of a town or the town boards of\nmore than one town, and the board of trustees of an incorporated village\nor the boards of trustees of more than one incorporated village, as\ndefined in the village law, located in said town or towns are her…

§ 189-b. Sale of firehouse, land and apparatus. The board of trustees\nof a village or the commissioners of a fire district, all of the\nterritory of which is embraced within the boundaries of a joint fire\ndistrict established or extended pursuant to the provisions of this\nart…

§ 189-d. Establishment of district. The clerk of such town or village\ndesignated by the town and village boards participating in the\ndetermination to establish or extend any joint fire district pursuant to\nthis article shall, within ten days, cause a certified copy of the\nde…

§ 189-e. Management of affairs of joint fire districts. Subject to the\nrestrictions hereinafter established, the property and affairs of joint\nfire districts shall be under the management and control and in charge\nof a board of not less than three and not more than seven comm…