A 8279: Permits the Setauket fire district and Stony Brook fire district to enter into contracts with the state university of New York at Stony Brook for property, services, and other consideration.
The bill allows the Setauket Fire District and the Stony Brook Fire District to enter into contracts with the State University of New York at Stony Brook for property, services, and other consideration. These contracts can include the provision of fire protection and emergency medical services within the territory protected by the fire districts. The state university can also contract with the fire districts for services such as routine and emergency services, equipment, and facilities. The reciprocal provision of services or other consideration of approximately equivalent value is permitted. The contracts must be entered into in accordance with the general municipal law and must take effect on January 1 of the following year.
- What is the current status of A 8279?
- As of November 22, 2025, A 8279 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on November 21, 2025, was "signed chap.533".
- Did A 8279 pass?
- Yes. A 8279 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action November 21, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
- Who wrote A 8279, and where is it now?
- A 8279 was authored by Asm. Rebecca Kassay.
| Nov. 21, 2025 | signed chap.533 |
| Nov. 17, 2025 | delivered to governor |
| Jun. 09, 2025 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jun. 09, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jun. 09, 2025 | 3RD READING CAL.1713 |
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8279 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT relating to permitting the Setauket fire district and Stony Brook fire district to enter into contracts with the state university of New York at Stony Brook for property, services, and other consideration The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, 2 the Setauket fire district and the Stony Brook fire district are each 3 hereby authorized, acting by and through the governing bodies of such 4 fire districts, to enter into agreements or contracts with the state 5 university of New York at Stony Brook, pursuant to and consistent with 6 sections 355 and 6301 of the education law, and in the manner provided 7 in section 99-r of the general municipal law, for the purposes of 8 providing or receiving any property or service described in section 99-r 9 of the general municipal law related to the provision of fire protection 10 or emergency medical services within the territory protected by such 11 fire districts. Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contra- 12 ry, the state university of New York at Stony Brook, within the limits 13 of any specific statutory appropriation authorized and made available 14 therefor by the legislature or by the governing body responsible for the 15 operation of the state university of New York at Stony Brook, may 16 contract with the Setauket fire district or the Stony Brook fire 17 district, in the manner provided in section 99-r of the general munici- 18 pal law, for such services as herein provided and may provide, in 19 agreements and/or contracts entered into pursuant to this act, for 20 the reciprocal provision of services or other consideration of approxi- 21 mately equivalent value, including, but not limited to, routine and/or 22 emergency services, monies, equipment, buildings and facilities, materi- 23 als or a commitment to provide future routine and/or emergency 24 services, monies, equipment, buildings and facilities or materials. 25 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 26 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11956-02-5