Assembly Bill A8537

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers

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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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2009-A8537 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3652
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง9-0105, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A5016, S553
2013-2014: A7010, S1365
2015-2016: A3509, S4563
2017-2018: A9756, S761
2019-2020: A1567, S1943
2021-2022: A514, S5183
2023-2024: A2483, S28
2025-2026: A3608

2009-A8537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers in wild, remote and forested areas of the state.

2009-A8537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8537

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CHRISTENSEN, JORDAN -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
  authorizing  the  forest  ranger force to establish a training program
  for volunteer wild land search and rescue personnel

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  18  of  section  9-0105 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter  617  of  the  laws  of  1984,  is
amended to read as follows:
  18.  A. Establish, operate and maintain a search and rescue program in
fire towns and fire districts of the state. For  the  purposes  of  this
section  fire towns shall mean such towns provided for in section 9-1107
of this chapter and fire districts  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  fire
protection  areas  provided  for  in  section 9-1109 of this chapter and
regulations promulgated pursuant to  the  authority  of  such  sections.
Pursuant to such program the forest ranger force of the department shall
have the authority to organize, direct and execute search operations for
lost  persons  or  civilian  aircraft  and conduct rescue operations for
persons injured or in serious danger of injury in the wild,  remote  and
forested  areas  of fire towns and fire districts of the state; provided
that, where criminal conduct is suspected or fugitive search is involved
such search or rescue operations shall be conducted under the  jurisdic-
tion of the appropriate law enforcement agency.  Search and rescue oper-
ations  outside of fire towns and fire districts may be conducted by the
forest ranger force upon request of the agency  conducting  such  opera-
tion.
  B. PURSUANT TO SUCH PROGRAM, THE FOREST RANGER FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH, DIRECT AND MAINTAIN A PROGRAM FOR
THE  PURPOSE  OF  TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING VOLUNTEER, WILD LAND SEARCH
AND RESCUE PERSONNEL TO ASSIST AND RESPOND ALONG WITH THE FOREST  RANGER
FORCE  TO  SEARCH  FOR  LOST AND MISSING PERSONS IN THE WILD, REMOTE AND
FORESTED AREAS OF THE STATE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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