The proposed bill, General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6653, seeks to amend current statutes to enable municipalities to pay a portion of a volunteer firefighter's property tax liability to another municipality. This provision applies specifically when the volunteer firefighter resides in a different municipality than the one that utilizes their services.
The intent of the bill is to provide financial support to volunteer firefighters who may be serving in a municipality other than their own, thereby recognizing their contributions and alleviating some of their tax burdens. The bill introduces new legal language to facilitate this arrangement, while no existing legal language is deleted.