Bill Text: NY A00371 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the inclusion of the office for the aging in the disaster preparedness commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-31 - signed chap.176 [A00371 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A00371-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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371
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the inclusion of the
office for the aging in the disaster preparedness commission
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 21 of the executive law, as sepa-
2 rately amended by section 2 of part G and section 7 of part O of chapter
3 55 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
4 1. There is hereby created in the executive department a disaster
5 preparedness commission consisting of the commissioners of transporta-
6 tion, health, division of criminal justice services, education, economic
7 development, agriculture and markets, housing and community renewal,
8 general services, labor, environmental conservation, mental health,
9 parks, recreation and historic preservation, corrections and community
10 supervision, children and family services, homeland security and emer-
11 gency services, and people with developmental disabilities, the presi-
12 dent of the New York state energy research and development authority,
13 the superintendents of state police and financial services, the secre-
14 tary of state, the state fire administrator, the chair of the public
15 service commission, the adjutant general, the office of information
16 technology services, and the office of victim services, the chairs of
17 the thruway authority, THE OFFICE FOR THE AGING, the metropolitan trans-
18 portation authority, the port authority of New York and New Jersey, the
19 chief professional officer of the state coordinating chapter of the
20 American Red Cross and three additional members, to be appointed by the
21 governor, two of whom shall be chief executives. Each member agency may
22 designate an executive level officer of that agency, with responsibility
23 for disaster preparedness matters, who may represent that agency on the
24 commission. The commissioner of the division of homeland security and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 emergency services shall serve as chair of the commission, and the
2 governor shall designate the vice chair of the commission. The members
3 of the commission, except those who serve ex officio, shall be allowed
4 their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
5 duties under this article but shall receive no additional compensation
6 for services rendered pursuant to this article.
7 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
