N.Y. Town Law Section 172-E
Change of name of fire district

The name of a fire district may be changed upon a resolution of the board of fire commissioners of such fire district after a public hearing thereon. Such public hearing shall be held prior to the first day of September in any year. The notice of such hearing shall state the proposed new name and shall be published and posted, and such hearing shall be held, in the manner provided in this article for a hearing upon the establishment of a fire district upon petition. After such hearing and upon the evidence given thereat, the board of fire commissioners shall determine by resolution whether it be in the public interest to change the name of such fire district. If it be so determined, the board of fire commissioners, by an approving vote of not less than three-fifths of the voting strength of the board, shall adopt a resolution establishing the new name for the fire district to take effect on the first day of January of the next fiscal year of the fire district. Within ten days after the passage of such resolution, the fire district secretary shall file a certified copy of such resolution (1) in the office of the town clerk of each town in which such district is situated, (2) in the office of the county clerk of each county in which such district is situated, (3) in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors of each county in which such district is situated, and

(4)

in the office of the state department of audit and control at Albany, New York.

Source: Section 172-E — Change of name of fire district, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TWN/172-E (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

§ 172-E’s source at nysenate​.gov

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