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Assembly Bill A5040

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires local disaster preparedness plans to be made widely available to the public unless SEMO determines that there is a compelling security reason to withhold

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2009-A5040 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง23, Exec L

2009-A5040 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires local disaster preparedness plans to be made widely available to the public unless the state emergency management office determines that there is a compelling security reason to withhold specific security-related information from public disclosure.

2009-A5040 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5040

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRODSKY, PHEFFER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring local disas-
  ter preparedness plans to be made widely available to the public

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

  Section 1. Section 23 of the executive law is amended by adding a  new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8.  ALL  LOCAL  DISASTER  PREPAREDNESS  PLANS PREPARED PURSUANT TO THE
AUTHORIZATION OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  MADE  WIDELY  AVAILABLE  TO  THE
PUBLIC.  ANY  COUNTY,  CITY,  TOWN, OR VILLAGE PREPARING SUCH A PLAN MAY
WITHHOLD SPECIFIC SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION  FROM  PUBLIC  DISCLOSURE
ONLY  IF  THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH
(E) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWENTY-NINE-E OF THIS ARTICLE,  DETER-
MINES THAT THERE IS A COMPELLING SECURITY REASON TO WITHHOLD SUCH INFOR-
MATION  FROM  THE  PUBLIC AND APPROVES OF SUCH WITHHOLDING OF DISCLOSURE
THEREOF.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08206-01-9

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