§ 216-b. Continuation of service award programs. 1. (a) In the event\nthat a town establishes a service award program for the volunteer\nfirefighters of a fire company located within a fire protection district\nand, subsequently, the fire protection district is dissolved and the\nentire area thereof is included in or added to a fire district\nestablished pursuant to article eleven of the town law, and the fire\ndistrict neither has established a service award program nor includes\nthe area of any other jurisdiction which has established a service award\nprogram, the service award program established by the town shall be\ncontinued as provided in this subdivision.\n (b) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, as of the date\nof completion of the proceedings described in paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision or, in the case of a newly established fire district, as of\nthe date of the first organization meeting of the board of fire\ncommissioners, the town shall have no further responsibility for\nadministering or funding the service award program and the fire district\nshall assume responsibility for those functions. As of that date, the\nfire district shall succeed the town as the sponsor of the service award\nprogram and the board of fire commissioners shall exercise and perform\nall of the powers and duties of the sponsor of the program under this\narticle and under any agreements or contracts entered into by the town\npursuant thereto in furtherance of its powers and duties as sponsor of\nthe program, including but not limited to the program trust agreement\nand any contracts relating to the custody, control, investment, or\ndisbursement of program assets. The fire district shall be responsible\nfor funding any unfunded liability of the sponsor of the program\nexisting as of the date the fire district succeeds the town as sponsor\nof the program.\n (c) Upon the fire district's succeeding the town as sponsor of the\nservice award program, the town shall retain responsibility for\nadministering the assets of the program until discharged from such\nresponsibility as provided in this subdivision. Except for those records\nrequired for the continued administration of program assets, the town\nshall turn over immediately to the fire district all records maintained\nby the town as sponsor of the program.\n (d) Within sixty days after the date on which the fire district\nsucceeds the town as sponsor of the service award program, the board of\nfire commissioners of the fire district shall develop a plan for the\ncontinued administration of program assets. Subject to the provisions of\nthe program trust agreement and any contracts entered into by the town\nin furtherance of its powers and duties as sponsor of the program, such\nplan may provide for the custody, control, transfer, investment, or\ndisbursement of program assets. Such plan, however, shall provide for\nthe replacement of any individual serving in his or her official\ncapacity as a town officer or employee as trustee or in any other\nposition involving the administration of program assets. In developing\nsuch plan, the board of fire commissioners may request from the town\ninformation concerning the town's administration of program assets, and\nthe town shall provide promptly such information as the board may\nreasonably request. Upon completion of the plan, the board of fire\ncommissioners shall submit to the supervisor of the town a copy of the\nplan and a list of actions required to be taken by the town for\nimplementation of the plan, including but not limited to execution of\ndocuments and the transfer of assets. Immediately after receiving such\nplan and list, the supervisor shall cause the actions on the list to be\ntaken. Upon completion of the actions on the list and submission to the\nboard of fire commissioners of all town records relating to the\nadministration of program assets, the town shall be discharged from any\nfurther responsibility for admini
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