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Senate Bill S1924

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes a nuclear whistleblower access and assistance program to promote public health and safety

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2009-S1924 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Energy And Telecommunications
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1873, amd §1005, Pub Auth L; amd §65, Pub Serv L; amd §740, Lab L; amd §75-b, Civ Serv L; amd §63, Exec L

2009-S1924 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the NYS energy research and development authority and public and private operators of each nuclear-powered electric generating facility to establish a nuclear whistleblower access and assistance program; makes related provisions as to elements of the program and provides that employees of such plants shall not be subject to retaliation; requires authority to investigate reported safety concerns; provides that whistleblowers shall have standing to litigate and may do so without exhaustion of administration remedies

2009-S1924 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1924 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1924

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 9, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MORAHAN, DeFRANCISCO, DIAZ -- read twice and ordered
  printed,  and  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Energy
  and Telecommunications

AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, the public service law,  the
  labor law, the civil service law and the executive law, in relation to
  establishing a nuclear whistleblower access and assistance program

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

  Section 1. The legislature  finds  that  the  safe  operation  of  the
publicly and privately owned nuclear-powered electric generating facili-
ties  within  the  state  is  a  matter of paramount public concern. The
legislature further finds that an  essential  component  of  any  safety
strategy  is  a program which assures that employees who have first-hand
knowledge of potential safety  problems  can  freely  communicate  their
concerns  without  fear  of retaliation.   Although laws and regulations
exist at both the state and federal level to protect whistleblowers, the
legislature finds that the purpose served by such laws will be furthered
if an affirmative program exists  which  encourages  employees  to  come
forward  with  safety-related  concerns.  The legislature finds that the
state, as the owner of the power plants operated by the power  authority
of  the state of New York, has an interest and obligation to ensure that
such facilities are being managed in a way  that  provides  the  highest
possible level of safety.  The legislature also finds that the state has
an interest in protecting and an obligation to protect its citizens from
the  possible hazards of privately owned nuclear-powered electric gener-
ating facilities.
  S 2. The public authorities law is amended by  adding  a  new  section
1873 to read as follows:
  S  1873.  NUCLEAR  WHISTLEBLOWER  ACCESS  AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.   1.
"EMPLOYEES AT A  NUCLEAR-POWERED  ELECTRIC  GENERATING  FACILITY"  MEANS
THOSE  PERSONS  EMPLOYED AT PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY OWNED NUCLEAR-POWERED

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06962-01-9
              

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