Bill Text: NY S07249 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a place of entertainment to establish emergency preparedness plans; defines "emergency preparedness plan" to mean any fire safety or evacuation plan required by the most recent fire code adopted by the state; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S07249 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07249-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7249

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 19, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
          ty and Military Affairs

        AN ACT in relation to requiring a place of  entertainment  to  establish
          emergency preparedness plans

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Emergency preparedness plans. 1. a.  Any  place  of  enter-
     2  tainment,  as  such  term  is  defined  in section 25.03 of the arts and
     3  cultural affairs law, that is open for use and can  hold  at  least  one
     4  thousand  people shall submit to the municipality in which such place of
     5  entertainment is located an emergency preparedness plan. For purposes of
     6  this section, "emergency preparedness plan" shall mean any  fire  safety
     7  or  evacuation plan required by the most recent fire code adopted by the
     8  state.
     9    b. Such emergency preparedness plan shall be submitted to the  munici-
    10  pality on an annual basis. The municipality shall approve or reject such
    11  plan.  Any  place of entertainment subject to the provisions of this act
    12  that fails to submit such plan shall not host events until such plan  is
    13  submitted  and  approved.  If  a municipality fails to approve or reject
    14  such plan within thirty days it shall be deemed approved.
    15    c. Any place of  entertainment  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this
    16  section  that  fails to submit such plan shall also be subject to a fine
    17  of one thousand dollars  for  the  first  violation  and  five  thousand
    18  dollars  for  each  subsequent  offense.  Such fine is to be paid to the
    19  municipality in which such place of entertainment is located.
    20    2. Any place of entertainment, as such  term  is  defined  in  section
    21  25.03  of  the arts and cultural affairs law, that is open for use shall
    22  make all emergency announcements as required by  the  most  recent  fire
    23  code  adopted  by  the  state. Any place of entertainment subject to the
    24  provisions of this section that fails to make  such  required  emergency

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11553-01-3
        S. 7249                             2

     1  announcements shall be subject to a fine of five hundred dollars for the
     2  first  violation  and  one thousand dollars for each subsequent offense.
     3  Such fine is to be paid to the  municipality  in  which  such  place  of
     4  entertainment is located.
     5    §  2.  The commissioner of the division of homeland security and emer-
     6  gency services is hereby authorized to promulgate any  rules  and  regu-
     7  lations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
     8    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.