Bill Title: Includes acts of terrorism including biological, chemical or radiological terrorism within the definition of disaster for the purpose of local disaster preparedness plans; adds to what must be included within a county disaster preparedness plan; establishes the energy transportation and storage security program; establishes the government continuity program; establishes the business continuity program; establishes the post disaster recovery program; establishes the energy security program; establishes the public security evacuation program; establishes the disaster preparedness plan program; establishes an endowed academic chair within the state university of New York for the study of terrorism and homeland security; directs such chair to organize conferences and seminars, develop training programs for law enforcement officers, publish its proceedings and maintain a library; appropriates $350,000 therefor; directs law enforcement agencies to immediately report to the superintendent of state police every report of a suspected or preceived release of a chemical, biological or radiological agent.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A08981 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Greg Ball [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Clifford Crouch [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-122	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator James Tedisco [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember David Townsend [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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