N.Y. General Municipal Law § 203: List of exempt volunteer firefighters to be filed

§ 203. List of exempt volunteer firefighters to be filed. In case of a

company disbanded by the organization of a paid department in lieu

thereof, the officers of every volunteer fire, engine, hose and hook and

ladder company shall within ninety days after such company has been

disbanded file in the office of the clerk of the county in which said

company was located a list containing the name of every person who was a

member of such volunteer company and who is entitled to the exemption

certificate in accordance with the provisions of this article. Upon such

list being filed the county clerk of the county in which such company

operated shall sign and deliver the exemption certificate provided for

in this article to the person entitled thereto whose name appears upon

the list filed with him as aforesaid, but the same shall, nevertheless,

be attested by the secretary or clerk or other person having the custody

of the membership records of the disbanded company and in the manner

specified in this article.