Bill Text: NY S08843 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8843 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-27 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08843 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08843-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 8843                                                 A. 10889

                SENATE - ASSEMBLY

                                      July 27, 2020
                                       ___________

        IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M.  of
          A.  Cahill) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
          Operations

        AN ACT to amend the executive law,  in  relation  to  exempting  certain
          utility  and  other workers from state and local traveling bans during
          declared emergencies

          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, as determined by the commission, who are
     7  summoned by their employers to assist in  emergency  services,  such  as
     8  utility  and other workers who need to reach declared emergency areas in
     9  order to perform tasks related to the restoration and/or maintenance  of
    10  energy and communications infrastructure;
    11    §  2. Subparagraph 13 of paragraph b of subdivision 7 of section 23 of
    12  the executive law, as amended by section 4 of part B of  chapter  56  of
    13  the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
    14    (13)  control  of  ingress  and  egress  to  and from a disaster area,
    15  including but not limited to, exempting from travel bans those essential
    16  private and public personnel, as determined by the commission,  who  are
    17  summoned  by  their  employers  to assist in emergency services, such as
    18  utility and other workers who need to reach declared emergency areas  in
    19  order  to perform tasks related to the restoration and/or maintenance of
    20  energy and communications infrastructure;
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16965-01-0