senate Bill S1943

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to environmental conservation
Mar 19, 2019 reported and committed to finance
Jan 17, 2019 referred to environmental conservation

Votes

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Mar 19, 2019 - Environmental Conservation committee Vote

S1943
10
0
committee
10
Aye
0
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Mar 19, 2019

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aye wr (1)

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S1943 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1567
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §9-0105, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3652, A8537
2011-2012: S553, A5016
2013-2014: S1365, A7010
2015-2016: S4563, A3509
2017-2018: S761, A9756
2021-2022: S5183, A514
2023-2024: S28, A2483

S1943 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers in wild, remote and forested areas of the state.

S1943 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1943 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  1943

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 17, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  LITTLE, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
  Conservation

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  authorizing the forest ranger force to establish  a  training  program
  for volunteer wild land search and rescue personnel

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 18  of  section  9-0105  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  added  by  chapter  617  of the laws of 1984, is
amended to read as follows:
  18. A. Establish, operate and maintain a search and rescue program  in
fire  towns  and  fire  districts of the state. For the purposes of this
section fire towns shall mean such towns provided for in section  9-1107
of  this  chapter  and  fire  districts  shall  be deemed to be the fire
protection areas provided for in section  9-1109  of  this  chapter  and
regulations  promulgated  pursuant  to  the  authority of such sections.
Pursuant to such program the forest ranger force of the department shall
have the authority to organize, direct and execute search operations for
lost persons or civilian aircraft  and  conduct  rescue  operations  for
persons  injured  or in serious danger of injury in the wild, remote and
forested areas of fire towns and fire districts of the  state;  provided
that, where criminal conduct is suspected or fugitive search is involved
such  search or rescue operations shall be conducted under the jurisdic-
tion of the appropriate law enforcement agency.  Search and rescue oper-
ations outside of fire towns and fire districts may be conducted by  the
forest  ranger  force  upon request of the agency conducting such opera-
tion.
  B. PURSUANT TO SUCH PROGRAM, THE FOREST RANGER FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT
SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH, DIRECT AND MAINTAIN A PROGRAM FOR
THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING VOLUNTEER,  WILD  LAND  SEARCH

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

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