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Assembly Bill A5043

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires certain institutional entities to cooperate with local authorities in the development of local disaster preparedness plans to address their needs

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2009-A5043 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2009-A5043 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires certain institutional entities to cooperate with local authorities in the development of local disaster preparedness plans to address their needs; directs the state emergency management office to promulgate regulations more particularly specifying the entities so required and minimum standards for such parts of such plans; maintains localities' onus of providing services.

2009-A5043 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5043

                       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 the development of
  disaster preparedness plans by certain entities and their coordination
  of them with local authorities

  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. A. THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES,  WHICH  LIST  IS  ILLUSTRATIVE  AND  NOT
EXHAUSTIVE,  SHALL  COOPERATE WITH THE COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE IN
WHICH THEY ARE LOCATED, IF SUCH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE  PREPARES
A LOCAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PLAN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PART OF SUCH
PLAN  THAT  WILL ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF SUCH ENTITY, WITH SUCH PARTS BEING
AGREED TO IN WRITING BY SUCH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE  AND  SUCH
ENTITY, TO MEMORIALIZE SUCH ENTITY'S COORDINATION OF ITS DISASTER-RELAT-
ED ACTIVITIES WITH SUCH COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, OR VILLAGE:
  (1) HOSPITALS;
  (2) NURSING HOMES;
  (3) SCHOOLS;
  (4) SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES;
  (5) ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES;
  (6) HOMELESS SHELTERS; AND
  (7)  ANY  GROUP HOME OR RESIDENTIAL FACILITY OPERATING PURSUANT TO THE
AUTHORIZATION OF A STATE OR MUNICIPAL AGENCY AND HOUSING THREE  OR  MORE
PERSONS,  BUT  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL  NOT  BE DEEMED TO INCLUDE HOTELS,
MOTELS, OR SIMILAR ESTABLISHMENTS.
  B. THE STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH  (E)
OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-NINE-E  OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL
PROMULGATE REGULATIONS MORE  PARTICULARLY  SPECIFYING  THE  ENTITIES  SO
REQUIRED AND MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SUCH PARTS OF SUCH PLANS.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08203-01-9

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