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Senate Bill S6995

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing a local government to override a state disaster emergency in all or part of the territorial limits of such local government

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2023-S6995 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§28 & 29-a, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S1924

2023-S6995 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a county, city, town or village to override a governor's declaration of a state disaster emergency in all or part of the territorial limits of such local government.

2023-S6995 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6995 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6995
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  WEBER, ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Veterans,  Home-
   land Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to authorizing a county,
   city, town or village to override a state disaster emergency in all or
   part of the territorial limits of such local government
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 28 of the executive law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 6 to read as follows:
   6. A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY, AT ANY TIME, LIMIT  OR  SUPER-
 SEDE A GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION OF A DISASTER EMERGENCY BY EXECUTIVE ORDER
 ISSUED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  BY ISSUING A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY AND
 LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDERS UNDER SECTION TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE.    THE
 LOCAL  STATE  OF  EMERGENCY AND LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDERS SHALL ONLY EFFECT
 PART OR ALL OF THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
   § 2. Section 29-a of the executive law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  A  COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY, AT ANY TIME, LIMIT OR SUPER-
 SEDE   A GOVERNOR'S DECLARATION OF A  DISASTER  EMERGENCY  BY  EXECUTIVE
 ORDER  ISSUED  UNDER THIS SECTION, BY ISSUING A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY
 AND LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDERS UNDER SECTION TWENTY-FOUR  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.
 THE  LOCAL  STATE  OF  EMERGENCY  AND  LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDERS SHALL ONLY
 EFFECT PART OR ALL OF THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF SUCH LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
 executive order issued by the governor on or after January 1, 2023.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11338-01-3

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