Assembly Bill A2441

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to local disaster preparedness plans; appropriation

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2011-A2441 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§20 & 23, add §§221-e & 718 - 728, Exec L; Add Art. 37-B §807, Gen Bus L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A8981

2011-A2441 (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

2011-A2441 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2441

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  CASTELLI,  TEDISCO,  CROUCH -- 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, uniform identification cards
  for firefighters and emergency services personnel and  security  meas-
  ures at rail yards; to amended the executive law and the general busi-
  ness  law,  in  relation to telecommunication service security; estab-
  lishing an endowed chair within the state university of New  York  for
  the  study  of terrorism and homeland security and making an appropri-
  ation 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  section  1 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of
2010, 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,  ACT
OF  terrorism  INCLUDING BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM,
cyber event, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, radiological acci-
dent, nuclear, chemical, biological, or bacteriological  release,  water
contamination, bridge failure or bridge collapse.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05526-02-1

              

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