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Assembly Bill A7296

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires dissemination of local disaster preparedness plans to residents for free, including N.Y. city and Long Island

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2009-A7296 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23, Exec L; amd §497, NYC Chart
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5769
2013-2014: A4531
2015-2016: A6164

2009-A7296 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires dissemination of local disaster preparedness plans to residents for free, including NYC and Long Island.

2009-A7296 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7296

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law and the  New  York  city  charter,  in
  relation to public dissemination of local disaster preparedness plans

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 23 of the executive law, as  added
by chapter 640 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
  6.  All plans for disaster preparedness developed by local governments
or any revisions thereto shall be submitted to the commission by  Decem-
ber thirty-first of each year to facilitate state coordination of disas-
ter  operations.  COPIES  OF  SUCH  PLANS SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE
RESIDENTS OF SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. NO FEE FOR  SUCH  COPIES  SHALL  BE
CHARGED.
  S  2.  Subdivision  d  of section 497 of the New York city charter, as
added by a vote of the people of the city of New  York  at  the  general
election  held  in  November of 2001, section 3 of proposal number 6, is
amended to read as follows:
  d. prepare plans for responding to emergency conditions and  potential
incidents,  including but not limited to plans for the implementation of
such emergency orders as may be approved by the mayor to protect  public
safety  and  facilitate  the rapid response and mobilization of agencies
and  resources,  AND  MAKE  FREE  COPIES  OF  SUCH  PLANS  AVAILABLE  TO
RESIDENTS;
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09863-01-9

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