Senate Bill S4175

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes extreme winter weather preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4175 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§20 & 23, Exec L

2023-S4175 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes extreme winter weather preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans; updates the definition of "disaster".

2023-S4175 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4175 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4175
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  including  extreme
   winter  weather  preparedness in local comprehensive emergency manage-
   ment plans

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 20 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. "disaster" means occurrence or imminent, impending or urgent threat
 of  wide  spread  or  severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property
 resulting from any natural or man-made causes, including, but not limit-
 ed to, fire,  flood,  earthquake,  hurricane,  EXTREME  WINTER  WEATHER,
 tornado,  high  water,  landslide,  mudslide,  wind, storm, wave action,
 volcanic  activity,  epidemic,  disease  outbreak,  air   contamination,
 terrorism,  cyber event, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, radio-
 logical accident,  nuclear,  chemical,  biological,  or  bacteriological
 release, water contamination, bridge failure or bridge collapse.
   § 2. Section 23 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  SUCH  PLANS SHALL ADDITIONALLY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE
 FOLLOWING REGARDING EXTREME WINTER WEATHER:
   A. EVACUATION PLANS AND  SHELTERING-IN-PLACE  PLANS  IN  THE  CASE  OF
 EXTREME WINTER WEATHER, SUCH PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE HOW TO DEAL WITH TRAN-
 SIT NETWORKS, UTILITIES, AND COMMUNITY WARMING CENTERS; AND
   B.  AN  ANNUAL  INVENTORY OF THE MUNICIPALITY'S EXTREME WINTER WEATHER
 EQUIPMENT, SUCH INVENTORY SHALL INCLUDE THE AGE AND  CONDITION  OF  SUCH
 EQUIPMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07921-01-3
              

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