Senate Bill S4724

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows the state office of homeland security to decide if the sale, lease or operation of state-owned infrastructure would threaten public security

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee


  • 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-S4724 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5227
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §709, add §716, Exec L; amd §66, Pub Serv L; amd §86, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2509, A4875
2013-2014: S580, A2136
2015-2016: S2385, A6657
2017-2018: S2396, A2434
2019-2020: A870

2009-S4724 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the powers and duties of state office of homeland security by giving it the power to decide if the sale, lease or operation of any critical infrastructure owned by the state or public authority or an electric generating facility would threaten public security; established a critical infrastructure advisory council.

2009-S4724 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S4724 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4724

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LEIBELL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  giving  the  state
  office  of homeland security the power to decide if the sale, lease or
  operation of state-owned critical infrastructure would threaten public
  security and establishing the critical infrastructure  advisory  coun-
  cil;  to  amend  the  public service law, in relation to requiring the
  public service commission to consult with the office of homeland secu-
  rity whenever there is a proposed sale or lease of an electric  gener-
  ating  facility;  and to amend the public officers law, in relation to
  the definition of critical infrastructure

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subdivision 2 of section 709 of the execu-
tive  law,  as  added by section 2 of part B of chapter 1 of the laws of
2004, is amended and a new paragraph (j-1) is added to read as follows:
  (j) work with local, state and federal agencies and  private  entities
to  conduct assessments of the vulnerability of critical infrastructure,
AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION EIGHTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFI-
CERS LAW, to terrorist attack[, including, but not limited  to,  nuclear
facilities,  power  plants, telecommunications systems, mass transporta-
tion systems, public  roadways,  railways,  bridges  and  tunnels,]  and
develop  strategies that may be used to protect such infrastructure from
terrorist attack;
  (J-1) DECIDE, IF AND TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY SECTION  SEVEN  HUNDRED
SIXTEEN  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  UPON  A VOTE OF THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
ADVISORY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO  SUCH  SECTION,  IF  THE  SALE,
LEASE  OR OPERATION OF ANY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OWNED BY THE STATE OR
PUBLIC AUTHORITY WOULD THREATEN PUBLIC SECURITY;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05708-01-9

              

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