Assembly Bill A4614

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  4614

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 4, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "disaster
  preparedness week and awareness campaign act of 2015"

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

  Section  1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "disaster
preparedness week and awareness campaign act of 2015."
  S 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 29-k to read
as follows:
  S 29-K. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WEEK. 1. THE THIRD FULL WEEK OF  SEPTEM-
BER  IN  EACH  YEAR  SHALL BE DESIGNATED AND IS HEREBY KNOWN AS DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS WEEK IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
  2. THE COMMISSION SHALL  DEVELOP  A  DISASTER  PREPAREDNESS  AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN  IN  CONJUNCTION WITH ANY PRIVATE OR PUBLIC NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
TIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS THAT THE DIRECTOR MAY CHOOSE, INCLUDING  BUT  NOT
LIMITED  TO  THE NEW YORK STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, THE ASSOCIATION
OF TOWNS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  CONFERENCE  OF
MAYORS  AND  MUNICIPAL  OFFICIALS  AND  THE NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION.
  3. DURING THE THIRD FULL WEEK OF SEPTEMBER IN EACH YEAR,  SUCH  AWARE-
NESS  CAMPAIGN  SHALL  MAKE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS UTILIZING TELE-
VISION, RADIO, INTERNET AND OTHER MEDIA RESOURCES TO ASSIST CITIZENS  IN
BECOMING BETTER PREPARED FOR NATURAL OR MAN-MADE DISASTERS.
  S  3. Paragraph i of subdivision 3 of section 21 of the executive law,
as amended by section 2 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,  is
amended to read as follows:
  i.  submit to the governor, the legislature and the chief judge of the
state by March thirty-first of each year an annual  report  which  shall
include but need not be limited to:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03507-01-5

              

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  (1)  a  summary of commission and state agency activities for the year
and plans for the ensuing year with respect to the duties and  responsi-
bilities of the commission;
  (2)  recommendations  on ways to improve state and local capability to
prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters;
  (3) the status of the state and local plans for disaster  preparedness
and  response,  including  the  name of any locality which has failed or
refused to develop and implement its own disaster preparedness plan  and
program;  and  the extent to which all forms of local emergency response
assets have been included, and accounted for in planning and preparation
for disaster preparedness and response; [and]
  (4)  THE  ACTIVITIES  UNDERTAKEN  IN  PREPARATION  FOR  THE   DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS  WEEK  AWARENESS CAMPAIGN AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES
OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WEEK; AND
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.