Bill Text: NY A07426 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Establishes the nuclear power plant disaster preparedness plans study.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-20 - REFERRED TO RULES [A07426 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A07426-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7426--B
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 4, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. N. RIVERA, GALEF, STEVENSON, JEFFRIES, M. MILLER,
JAFFEE, WEPRIN, CRESPO, ROSENTHAL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
ARROYO, AUBRY, BARRON, BOYLAND, BROOK-KRASNY, CAMARA, CASTELLI,
CASTRO, CLARK, COLTON, COOK, CUSICK, DenDEKKER, GIBSON, KAVANAGH,
KELLNER, LINARES, V. LOPEZ, MARKEY, MENG, MOYA, ORTIZ, PERRY, RAMOS,
J. RIVERA, P. RIVERA, ROBERTS, RODRIGUEZ, SCARBOROUGH, SIMOTAS, SPANO,
TITUS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Oper-
ations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommit-
ted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring the commis-
sioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services to
establish and implement a plan for the mass purchase and distribution
of potassium iodide in certain areas
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 714-a
2 to read as follows:
3 S 714-A. DISTRIBUTION OF POTASSIUM IODIDE; CERTAIN AREAS. NOTWITH-
4 STANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISION OF
5 HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES SHALL ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A
6 MECHANISM FOR THE MASS PURCHASE AND DISTRIBUTION OF POTASSIUM IODIDE
7 PILLS TO ALL PERSONS LOCATED WITHIN A FIFTY MILE RADIUS OF THE INDIAN
8 POINT ENERGY CENTER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, IN THE EVENT THAT A NUCLEAR
9 EMERGENCY OCCURS AT SUCH PLANT OR FROM THE LOCATION OF A TERRORIST
10 ATTACK THAT INVOLVES THE RELEASE OF RADIOACTIVE MATTER. FEDERAL HOMELAND
11 SECURITY FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE STATE SHALL BE UTILIZED FOR THE PURCHASE
12 AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS OF SUCH POTASSIUM IODIDE PILLS.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
14 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately the
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10356-04-1
A. 7426--B 2
1 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
2 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
3 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date;
4 provided, further, that if upon such effective date, an appropriation to
5 the division of homeland security and emergency services shall not have
6 been made for reimbursement services for the purpose of implementing the
7 provisions of this act, then this act shall take effect on the forty-
8 fifth day after such an appropriation is made, and provided, further,
9 that the division of the budget shall notify the legislative bill draft-
10 ing commission on September 1, 2011 whether such an appropriation has
11 been made, and if such appropriation shall not have been made on or
12 before such date, the division of the budget shall notify the legisla-
13 tive bill drafting commission upon the date such an appropriation shall
14 have been made, in order that the commission may maintain an accurate
15 and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the
16 state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the provisions of
17 section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi-
18 cers law.
