Bill Text: NY S05799 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempts certain utility workers from state and local traveling bans during declared emergencies.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-10-26 - VETOED MEMO.220 [S05799 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5799
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 3, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- 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  exempting  utility
         workers  from  state and local traveling bans during declared emergen-
         cies
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subparagraph 13 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section
    2  22 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 56
    3  of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (13) control of ingress and  egress  to  and  from  a  disaster  area,
    5  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXEMPTING FROM TRAVEL BANS THOSE ESSENTIAL
    6  PRIVATE  AND  PUBLIC  PERSONNEL  WHO ARE SUMMONED TO ASSIST IN EMERGENCY
    7  SERVICES, SUCH AS UTILITY WORKERS WHO NEED TO REACH  DECLARED  EMERGENCY
    8  AREAS  IN ORDER TO PERFORM TASKS RELATED TO THE RESTORATION AND/OR MAIN-
    9  TENANCE OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE;
   10    S 2. Subparagraph 13 of paragraph b of subdivision 7 of section 23  of
   11  the  executive  law,  as amended by section 4 of part B of chapter 56 of
   12  the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
   13    (13) control of ingress and  egress  to  and  from  a  disaster  area,
   14  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, EXEMPTING FROM TRAVEL BANS THOSE ESSENTIAL
   15  PRIVATE  AND  PUBLIC  PERSONNEL  WHO ARE SUMMONED TO ASSIST IN EMERGENCY
   16  SERVICES, SUCH AS UTILITY WORKERS WHO NEED TO REACH  DECLARED  EMERGENCY
   17  AREAS  IN ORDER TO PERFORM TASKS RELATED TO THE RESTORATION AND/OR MAIN-
   18  TENANCE OF ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE;
   19    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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