Bill Text: NY A04323 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the local disaster preparedness plans of a city having a population of five hundred thousand or more inhabitants
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A04323 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A04323-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4323 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRODSKY, PHEFFER, DESTITO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the local disaster preparedness plans of a city having a population of five hundred thou- sand or more inhabitants THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 23 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-A. IN THE EVENT THAT ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF FIVE HUNDRED 4 THOUSAND OR MORE INHABITANTS PREPARES A LOCAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 5 PLAN, SUCH PLAN SHALL USE THE UP-TO-DATE INDUSTRY STANDARD OR THE BEST 6 TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE, INCLUDING COMPUTER MODELS, TO DEVELOP EVACUATION 7 TIME ESTIMATES, WHICH SHALL BE USED TO COMPLETE SUCH PLAN. IN THE EVENT 8 THAT ANY SUCH CITY HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED SUCH A PLAN, SUCH PLAN SHALL BE 9 REVISED TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, 10 UNLESS THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH D 11 OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION TWENTY OF THIS ARTICLE, DETERMINES THAT 12 SUCH PLAN IS ALREADY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVI- 13 SION. SAID DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION SHALL ASSIST ANY SUCH CITY 14 WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THEREOF. 15 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 16 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08207-01-9