§ 10-1006 Volunteer members of village fire companies. 1. The\nvolunteer members of a fire company shall be elected and appointed as\nprovided in this section.\n 2. The board of fire commissioners shall appoint residents of the\nvillage as the volunteer members of any newly organized fire company.\nThereafter, the fire company may elect other eligible persons, including\nvillage officers, as volunteer members. The election shall be pursuant\nto the by-laws, if any, of the fire company; otherwise, by a\nthree-fourths vote of the members of the fire company present and voting\nat a regular or special meeting thereof. The membership of any person so\nelected shall become effective when approved by resolution of the board\nof fire commissioners. Membership shall be deemed to have been approved\npursuant to this subdivision in the event that no action is taken by the\nboard of fire commissioners, either approving or disapproving, within\nforty days after servce of written notice of election to membership\nshall have been made by the secretary of the fire company upon the\nvillage clerk, either personally or by mail.\n 3. Any person elected to membership as a volunteer member as a fire\ncompany shall be a resident of the village or of territory outside the\nvillage which is afforded fire protection by the fire department of the\nvillage, or any fire company thereof, pursuant to a contract for fire\nprotection, except as otherwise provided in subdivision six.\n 4. The membership of a volunteer member of a fire company shall\nterminate when he ceases to be a resident of the village or of any\nterritory outside the village which is afforded fire protection but the\nfire department of the village, or any fire company thereof, pursuant to\na contract for fire protection, except as otherwise provided in\nsubdivision five.\n 5. Any fire company may authorize the continued membership of any\nvolunteer member where such member notifies the secretary of his or her\nfire company (a) that he or she plans to change his or her residence to\nterritory which is not in the village and is not protected by the fire\ndepartment of the village, or any fire company thereof, pursuant to a\ncontract for fire protection, and (b) that by reason of his or her\nresidence in the vicinity or his or her usual occupation he or she will\nbe available to render active service as a volunteer firefighter in the\nvillage or in territory outside the village which is afforded fire\nprotection pursuant to a contract for fire protection by the fire\ndepartment of the village, or a fire company thereof. Such authorization\nshall be pursuant to the by-laws, if any, of the fire company of which\nhe or she is a member, otherwise by a three-fourths vote of the members\nof such fire company present and voting at a regular or special meeting\nthereof. Such authorization shall not become effective unless approved\nby resolution of the board of fire commissioners. Such authorization\nshall be deemed to have been approved pursuant to this subdivision in\nthe event that no action is taken by the board of fire commissioners,\neither approving or disapproving, within forty days after service of\nwritten notice of such authorization shall have been made by the\nsecretary of the fire company upon the village clerk, either personally\nor by mail. Any membership continued pursuant to the provisions of this\nsubdivision shall terminate when the member cannot meet either the\nrequirements of this subdivision or the residence requirements of\nsubdivision three of this section. In the case of a village which\nadjoins another state, the term "vicinity", as used in this subdivision,\nincludes territory in this state and territory in the adjoining state.\n 6. A person who cannot meet the residence requirements of subdivision\nthree of this section may be elected to membership as a volunteer member\nof any fire company of the fire department if by reason of his or her\nresidence in the vicini
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