§ 216-a. Authorization to establish service award programs for special\nfire companies and departments. 1. The political subdivisions which\ncontract to receive fire protection services from a special fire company\nor department may jointly establish a service award program for the\nvolunteer firefighters of such special fire company or department,\nprovided, however, that no such service award program shall be\nestablished unless each and every political subdivision which contracts\nto receive fire protection services from the special fire company or\ndepartment joins in establishing the program.\n 2. A service award program for the volunteer firefighters of a special\nfire company or department shall be jointly established by the political\nsubdivisions which contract to receive fire protection services from\nsuch fire company or department only if:\n (a) the governing board of each and every such political subdivision\napproves an agreement to jointly sponsor the program by an affirmative\nvote of at least sixty percent of the governing board; and\n (b) the eligible voters of each and every such political subdivision\nseparately approve a proposition authorizing their political subdivision\nto jointly sponsor the program to be administered by the political\nsubdivision or the state of New York.\n 3. An agreement between or among political subdivisions to jointly\nsponsor a service award program for a special fire company or department\nmay contain any provision which could be included in an agreement\nentered into pursuant to article five-G of this chapter and shall\ncontain provisions specifying the following:\n (a) the manner in which the several political subdivisions shall\nexercise and perform the powers and duties that are conferred by other\nsections of this article on the governing board of a single political\nsubdivision that individually establishes and sponsors a service award\nprogram;\n (b) the effect of the addition of other political subdivisions as\nparties to the agreement;\n (c) the effect of the withdrawal of political subdivisions from the\nagreement;\n (d) the entitlement age under the program;\n (e) the age and length of service requirements to participate in the\nservice award program;\n (f) the number of years of firefighting service required to obtain a\nnonforfeitable right to a service award;\n (g) the activities for which points will be granted toward a year of\nfirefighting service;\n (h) the extent to which the program provides credit for years of\nfirefighting service rendered during one or more of the five calendar\nyears immediately preceding the establishment of the program;\n (i) in the case of a defined contribution plan,\n (i) the amount of the contribution to be made on behalf of each\nparticipant credited with a year of firefighting service, and\n (ii) the amount of any additional disability or death benefit;\n (j) in the case of a defined benefit plan,\n (i) the amount of the monthly payment to be made to each participant\nfor each year of firefighting service credited to the participant, and\n (ii) if the plan is to provide for payment of benefits prior to the\ntenth anniversary of the establishment of the plan, the date on which\nthe plan is to provide for the payment of benefits;\n (k) the date as of which the service award program shall take effect\nwhich shall be either the first day of January next succeeding the date\nof the last voter approval required to establish the program or, if\nsufficient funds are or will be available to each political subdivision\nto fund the program, the first day of January next preceding such last\nvoter approval; and\n (l) whether the service award program is to be administered by the\npolitical subdivision or the state of New York; and\n (m) any other provisions as may be necessary for the implementation,\noperation, administration and funding of the program.\n 4. A proposition authorizing a political subdivision to jointly\
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