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A 8525: Relates to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes by the Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified June 2, 2026

What A 8525 does, verified June 2, 2026

The bill aims to amend the Ridge Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association's powers and duties. The association will collect and receive foreign fire insurance premium taxes for fire departments in the Ridge fire district in Suffolk County, New York. The taxes will be used to further the association's purposes, which include the care and relief of disabled or indigent volunteer and exempt firefighters and their families. The amendments will take effect immediately, but the new tax collection provisions will only apply to taxes due on premiums received on and after January 1, 2027.

Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO RULES (2026-06-01)Alert me
Quick answers about A 8525
What is the current status of A 8525?
As of June 2, 2026, A 8525 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on June 1, 2026, was "REFERRED TO RULES".
Did A 8525 pass?
Not yet. A 8525 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
Who wrote A 8525, and where is it now?
A 8525 was authored by Asm. Jodi Giglio. Its committee of record is Senate Rules.
Recent actions26 total · showing 5
Jun. 01, 2026REFERRED TO RULES
Jun. 01, 2026delivered to senate
Jun. 01, 2026passed assembly
Jun. 01, 2026ordered to third reading rules cal.301
Jun. 01, 2026rules report cal.301
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Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 20, 2025 · 404 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8525 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend chapter 521 of the laws of 2001 establishing the Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association, and providing for its powers and duties, in relation to the use of foreign fire insurance premium taxes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 7 of chapter 521 of the laws of 2001 establishing 2 the Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association, and 3 providing for its powers and duties, as amended by chapter 525 of the 4 laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 7. Precept for payment of foreign fire insurance premium taxes. The 6 Ridge volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association shall 7 collect and there shall be paid to it all taxes imposed pursuant to 8 section 9104 of the insurance law for fire department use and benefit, 9 upon premiums for insurance against loss or damage by fire covering 10 property situated in the Ridge fire district in the town of Brookhaven, 11 county of Suffolk, or within any duly organized territory in which the 12 Ridge fire district is or may be obligated to render fire protection. 13 The officer of such corporation designated by its by-laws to collect and 14 receive the aforesaid tax shall have all the powers and be subject to 15 all the provisions of the insurance law, relating to treasurers of fire 16 departments. Such corporation shall also be entitled to receive a share 17 of the tax imposed by section 9105 of the insurance law, based upon the 18 business written in the territory with respect to which it is entitled 19 to collect and receive the tax under section 9104 of the insurance law. 20 Such taxes shall only be used [for the care and relief of disabled or 21 indigent volunteer and exempt firefighters and their families] by the 22 corporation in furtherance of its purposes as set forth in section three 23 of this act. 24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11981-01-5 
Text of A 8525 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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