Assembly Bill A8981

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to local disaster preparedness plans; appropriation

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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-A8981 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§20 & 23, add §§221-e & 716 - 723, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A2441

2009-A8981 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes acts of terrorism including biological, chemical or radiological terrorism within the definition of disaster for the purpose of local disaster preparedness plans; adds to what must be included within a county disaster preparedness plan; establishes the energy transportation and storage security program; establishes the government continuity program

2009-A8981 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8981 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8981

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 17, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. BALL, WALKER, CROUCH, TEDISCO -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  TOWNSEND -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend  the  executive  law,  in  relation  to  local  disaster
  preparedness  plans,  requiring  law enforcement agencies to report to
  the superintendent of state police suspected or perceived  threats  of
  the  release of any chemical, biological or radiological agent and the
  energy transportation and storage security program, government  conti-
  nuity  program,  business  continuity  program, post disaster recovery
  program, energy security program, public security evacuation  program,
  and  disaster  preparedness  plan program, and establishing an endowed
  chair within the state university of New York for the study of terror-
  ism and homeland security and making an appropriation therefor

  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 781 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read
as follows:
  a. "disaster" means occurrence or imminent 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 limited to, fire,  flood,
earthquake,  hurricane,  tornado, high water, landslide, mudslide, wind,
storm, wave action,  volcanic  activity,  epidemic,  air  contamination,
blight,  drought,  infestation,  explosion, radiological accident, water
contamination, ACT OF TERRORISM INCLUDING BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL OR RADIO-
LOGICAL TERRORISM, bridge failure or bridge collapse.
  S 2. 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 COMPLY WITH THE NATIONAL INCIDENT MANAGE-
MENT SYSTEM (NIMS) AND be submitted to the commission by December  thir-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10654-06-9
              

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