N.Y. Town Law Section 172-C
Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district

The town board of a town in which any fire protection district has been established, or if established in two or more towns, the town boards of such towns acting jointly by a majority vote of the members of each of such town boards, upon petition and after a public hearing, or upon the motion of such town board or town boards after a public hearing, may alter the boundaries of such fire protection district in accordance with such petition or motion and exclude from the district territory previously located therein. Such petition, if any, shall be signed by resident taxpayers owning taxable real property aggregating at least one-half of the assessed valuation of all the taxable real property owned by resident taxpayers in the territory to be excluded and at least one-half of the assessed valuation of all the taxable real property owned by resident taxpayers in the remaining territory of the district. The assessed valuations in either case shall be the assessed valuations of the taxable real property as shown by the latest completed assessment-roll of the town. Such petition, if any, shall be signed, and acknowledged or proved in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, or authenticated in the manner provided by the election law for the authentication of nominating petitions. Notice of such hearing shall be given and such hearing held and the subject matter thereof determined in the manner provided herein for hearings upon the establishment of fire protection districts, except that the notice of hearing shall state in general terms the purposes of the hearing and the manner in which it is proposed to alter the boundaries of the district. Any resolution altering the boundaries of such fire protection district made upon motion of the town board or town boards without a petition shall be subject to a permissive referendum as provided in article 7 (Permissive Referendum)article seven of this chapter. For the purposes of this section, the boundaries of such fire protection district shall be deemed to be altered pursuant to petition of resident taxpayers and the territory described in the notice excluded, upon the adoption by the town board or town boards of the resolution providing therefor, unless such resolution shall specify some other date for such purpose, in which case such boundaries shall be deemed to be altered and such territory excluded on the date so specified, and such alteration of boundaries upon motion of the town board or town boards without a petition shall become effective as provided in § 91 (Referendum on petition)section ninety-one of this chapter. Unless renegotiated, any existing contract for the supplying of fire protection to any such fire protection district shall be carried out in the same manner as if such boundaries had not been altered or territory excluded from the district.

Source: Section 172-C — Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TWN/172-C (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).

170
Establishment and extension of fire, fire alarm and fire protection districts 171
Petition and hearing 172‑A
Alteration of boundaries of fire districts 172‑C
Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district 172‑E
Change of name of fire district 172‑F
Resolution and hearing for diminution of fire district boundaries 172‑G
Filing of determination 173
Filing of determination 174
Fire district officers 175
Election of fire district officers 175‑A
Registration for voters 175‑B
Absentee ballots for fire district elections 175‑C
Notice of hearings and elections 176
Powers and duties of fire district commissioners 176‑A
Duties of chief and assistant chiefs of fire department of fire district 176‑B
Volunteer members of fire district fire companies 176‑C
Removal of fire commissioners 176‑D
Funding of fire districts 176‑E
Training requirements for fire commissioners 177
Powers and duties of fire district treasurer 177‑B
Powers and duties of deputy fire district treasurers 177‑C
Powers and duties of the director of purchasing 178
Powers and duties of fire district secretary 178‑A
Expenses incurred in attending town and county officers training school 178‑B
Expenses of the association of fire districts of the state of New York 178‑C
Expenses of fire district officers, officials and employees 178‑D
Costs, expenses and damages a fire district charge in certain cases 179
Special district elections to vote upon appropriations 180
Actions and proceedings against fire districts 181
Annual budget and levy of taxes 181‑A
Budgetary controls 181‑B
Independent audit of fire districts 182
Effect of incorporation of village or city including lands within a fire district 183
Fire alarm districts 184
Fire protection districts 184‑A
Contract for water supply outside of fire districts 184‑C
Water supply outside of fire districts 186
Savings clause 187
Exclusion of a fire district from a water supply district 188
Use of surplus town moneys for purchase of fire apparatus for use in town fire districts 189
Fire inspection of property in contract areas
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Accessed:
May 4, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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