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Senate Bill S2920

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to security and protection of New York national guard recruiting centers

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2017-S2920 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6919
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Military Law
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6021
2019-2020: A1695
2021-2022: A6290
2023-2024: A4206
2025-2026: A2564

2017-S2920 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the division of military and naval affairs to establish policies relating to security and protection of New York national guard and air national guard recruiting centers.

2017-S2920 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2920 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2920
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. ORTT, CROCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Veterans,  Homeland
   Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to  directing  the division of military and naval
   affairs to establish policies on the security and  protection  of  New
   York national guard and air national guard recruiting centers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 1. The division of military and naval affairs shall  estab-
 lish policies to ensure the security and protection of New York national
 guard and air national guard recruiting centers from terrorist attacks.
   2. The division shall:
   a.  improve  and strengthen building security through the installation
 of metal detectors, bulletproof glass, video surveillance equipment  and
 barricades  to  limit  vehicle access at national guard and air national
 guard recruiting centers and at Reserve Officer Training  Corps  facili-
 ties;
   b. relocate recruiting centers to secure locations; and
   c.  take  additional  measures  deemed  necessary  by  the division to
 protect employees, recruits, visitors and any other individuals  at  New
 York  national  guard  and  air  national  guard  recruiting centers and
 Reserve Officer Training Corps facilities.
   3. The division shall issue a report on an annual basis to the  tempo-
 rary  president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of
 the senate committee on veterans, homeland security and military affairs
 and the chair of the assembly  committee  on  veterans'  affairs.    The
 report  shall  contain information related to improvements being made or
 planned to be made under the provisions of this act.
   ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06094-02-7

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