Bill Text: NY A01091 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that volunteer wilderness/inland search and rescue teams contracted for by a municipality shall be subject to the command of law enforcement or other state agency conducting an operation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-02 - signed chap.25 [A01091 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A01091-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1091 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to volunteer wilderness/inland search and rescue teams THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 209-bb of the general municipal law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. WHENEVER A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR OTHER STATE AGENCY IS ENGAGED 4 IN A SEARCH OR RESCUE OPERATION, ANY VOLUNTEER WILDERNESS/INLAND SEARCH 5 AND RESCUE TEAM INVOLVED IN SUCH OPERATION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE 6 COMMAND AND CONTROL OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OR OTHER STATE AGENCY 7 CONDUCTING SUCH OPERATION. 8 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04297-01-3