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Senate Bill S2609

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires residential facilities controlled by state agencies to maintain on file and make accessible a facility site plan

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2017-S2609 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §27-a, Gen City L; amd §274-a, Town L; amd §7-725-a, Vil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S4073
2011-2012: S821
2013-2014: S1362
2015-2016: S1190

2017-S2609 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires residential facilities controlled by state agencies to maintain on file and make accessible a facility site plan.

2017-S2609 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2609 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2609
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LITTLE, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law, the town law and the village  law,
   in  relation  to requiring residential facilities of state agencies to
   maintain on file and make accessible a facility site plan

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 27-a of the general city law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  AVAILABILITY OF SITE PLAN.  EVERY RESIDENTIAL FACILITY UNDER THE
 CONTROL OF A STATE AGENCY SHALL KEEP ON FILE AT SUCH RESIDENTIAL FACILI-
 TY  AND HAVE ACCESSIBLE A FACILITY SITE PLAN. UPON REQUEST, THE RESIDEN-
 TIAL FACILITY SITE PLAN SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE  LOCAL  MUNICIPAL
 GOVERNING BODY AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION,  "STATE AGENCY" MEANS ANY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU, COMMISSION, BOARD,
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR OTHER AGENCY OF  THE  STATE,  INCLUDING  ANY  PUBLIC
 BENEFIT CORPORATION ANY MEMBER OF WHOSE BOARD IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVER-
 NOR.
   § 2. Section 274-a of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
 sion 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A.  AVAILABILITY OF SITE PLAN.  EVERY RESIDENTIAL FACILITY UNDER THE
 CONTROL OF A STATE AGENCY SHALL KEEP ON FILE AT SUCH RESIDENTIAL FACILI-
 TY  AND HAVE ACCESSIBLE A FACILITY SITE PLAN. UPON REQUEST, THE RESIDEN-
 TIAL FACILITY SITE PLAN SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE  LOCAL  MUNICIPAL
 GOVERNING BODY AND EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION,  "STATE AGENCY" MEANS ANY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU, COMMISSION, BOARD,
 PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR OTHER AGENCY OF  THE  STATE,  INCLUDING  ANY  PUBLIC
 BENEFIT CORPORATION ANY MEMBER OF WHOSE BOARD IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVER-
 NOR.
   §  3.  Section  7-725-a  of the village law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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