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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Assembly Bill A8322
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GONZALEZ-ROJAS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Andrew Hevesi
Richard Gottfried
Nily Rozic
Rebecca Seawright
2021-A8322 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §22, Exec L; amd §30-115, NYC Ad Cd
2021-A8322 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8322 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y October 20, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GONZALEZ-ROJAS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring emergency alerts to be issued in the ten most commonly spoken languages in the area covered by such emergency alert THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 22 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows: (3) a system for warning populations who are or may be endangered. ANY EMERGENCY ALERT ISSUED THROUGH E-MAIL, TEXT, PHONE, SOCIAL MEDIA PLAT- FORM, OR INTERNET-BASED FEED SHALL BE ISSUED IN NO FEWER THAN THE TEN MOST COMMONLY SPOKEN LANGUAGES WITHIN THE AREA COVERED BY SUCH EMERGENCY ALERT. SUCH NOTIFICATIONS SHALL BE SEPARATED INTO DISTINCT MESSAGES IN SEPARATE FEEDS FOR EACH LANGUAGE. A GENERAL VERSION OF EACH NOTIFICATION MAY BE USED WHEN A REAL-TIME TRANSLATION IS UNAVAILABLE, PROVIDED THAT PRIORITY SHALL BE PLACED UPON MAKING NOTIFICATIONS AVAILABLE WITH THE GREATEST SPECIFICITY POSSIBLE; § 2. Section 30-115 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 31 of the city of New York for the year 2017, is amended to read as follows: § 30-115 Emergency notifications. a. Any emergency alert originated by a city office or city agency that is issued through a commercial mobile service alert system established pursuant to section 1201 of title 47 of the United States code shall, to the extent practicable and to the extent permissible under regulations enacted pursuant to such section, be issued in no fewer than the [two] TEN most commonly spoken languages within the area covered by the emergency alert as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the department of city planning, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13171-01-1
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