Senate Bill S7699

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes the NYS EMP Critical Infrastructure Protection Commission

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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-S7699 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10953
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Commissions
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A4303
2013-2014: A3477
2015-2016: A3133

2009-S7699 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the NYS Electromagnetic Critical Infrastructure Protection Commission to study and investigate EMP threats to NYS infrastructures, gather information, make recommendations and inform local governments and agencies about the hazards of natural and man-made EMP events.

2009-S7699 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7699 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7699

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 4, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  VOLKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

AN ACT establishing the New York state  electromagnetic  pulse  critical
  infrastructure protection commission

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

  Section 1. Commission established.  A commission to be  known  as  the
New  York state electromagnetic pulse critical infrastructure protection
commission, hereafter referred to as the commission,  is  hereby  estab-
lished  to identify any necessary steps that it believes should be taken
by New York state to protect its civilian systems from an electromagnet-
ic pulse (EMP) event. Such commission shall educate itself about EMP and
EMP threats and vulnerabilities to  New  York  state's  infrastructures,
gather  facts as needed, make recommendations, and inform local agencies
and governments about the hazards of natural and  man-made  EMP  events.
Furthermore,  the  commission  shall  assess  the  dangers  from all EMP
threats and this shall include developing a plan to  protect  the  state
from  an  EMP event, as well as responding to the aftermath and recovery
after such an event.
  S 2. Specifically, the commission shall:
  1. study the findings and recommendations of the congressional commis-
sion to assess the threat to the United States of America from  electro-
magnetic pulse attack (the EMP commission); the congressional commission
on  strategic  posture  of the United States regarding EMP, the national
academy of sciences and the national fire protection association  (NFPA)
and  other  related  EMP  findings and materials that are available with
regard to the following:
  (a) the vulnerability of New York state's civilian systems to  natural
and  man-made  EMP events, giving special attention to the vulnerability
of the civilian infrastructure as a matter of emergency preparedness;
  (b) identify and assess the critical infrastructure within or  impact-
ing  New  York  state that is vulnerable to EMP, whether natural or man-
made, which at a minimum will include the following:
  (i) infrastructure commonality;

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

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