Bill Text: NY S02638 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that when the governor declares a weather related state of emergency in a city having a population of one million or more, all public and private elementary and secondary schools shall be closed and remain closed until such emergency is terminated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S02638 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02638-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2638 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring elementary and secondary schools to close in the event the governor declares a state of emergency related to the weather in any city having a popu- lation of one million or more 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 27-a 2 to read as follows: 3 § 27-a. Weather related state of emergency. Whenever the governor, on 4 his or her own initiative or pursuant to a request from the mayor of a 5 city having a population of one million or more, finds that a state of 6 emergency exists because of the imminent or existing weather conditions 7 in a city having a population of one million or more, he or she shall 8 declare a weather related state of emergency by executive order. Upon 9 such a declaration all public and private elementary and secondary 10 schools in such city shall be closed and remain closed until such state 11 of emergency is terminated. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07425-01-9