2015 New York Laws
VIL - Village
Article 10 - (Village) FIRE DEPARTMENT
10-1010 - Election of company officers and delegates.

  10-1010  Election  of  company  officers and delegates. Each of the
  several companies whose members constitute the fire  department  of  the
  village  shall  hold  an annual meeting on the first Tuesday in April in
  each year, except those fire companies constituting the fire  department
  of  the  village  of  Fishkill,  Dutchess  county, which shall hold such
  annual meetings on the first Tuesday in December of each year.  At  such
  meeting the members of each company shall elect by ballot from their own
  number  a  captain and a lieutenant, and such further officers if any as
  may be provided for in the by-laws of the company, who must be  approved
  by  the  board of fire commissioners, one warden and one delegate to the
  general convention of the fire department. The terms of  office  of  the
  captain  and lieutenant and such further officers if any, as are elected
  as herein provided, shall be one year, the wardens two  years,  and  the
  delegates  three years, respectively, and any vacancies occurring in any
  such offices shall be filled by election in like manner.  At  the  first
  annual  meeting  after  this  act  takes  effect  two  wardens and three
  delegates shall be elected, the wardens to serve for one and two  years,
  respectively,   and   the  delegates  for  one,  two  and  three  years,
  respectively. Any person who has been convicted of arson in  any  degree
  shall not be eligible for election to the office of captain, lieutenant,
  warden,  delegate  and  any other offices provided for in the by-laws of
  the company. Any captain, lieutenant, warden, delegate or other  officer
  of  the  company who is convicted of arson in any degree during his term
  of office shall be disqualified from completing such term of office.