NY State Senate Bill 2023-S28

Senate Bill S28

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers

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Current Bill Status - Stricken

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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Actions

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 25, 2023	recommit, enacting clause stricken
Jun 10, 2023	committed to rules
Mar 20, 2023	advanced to third reading
Mar 16, 2023	2nd report cal.
Mar 15, 2023	1st report cal.507
Jan 04, 2023	referred to environmental conservation

Votes

- Mar 14, 2023 - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote
  S28
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Mar 14, 2023
      
      aye (11)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Palumbo
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stec

2023-S28 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2483
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §9-0105, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S3652, A8537
2011-2012: S553, A5016
2013-2014: S1365, A7010
2015-2016: S4563, A3509
2017-2018: S761, A9756
2019-2020: S1943, A1567
2021-2022: S5183, A514

2023-S28 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers in wild, remote and forested areas of the state.

2023-S28 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S28

SPONSOR: STEC
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
authorizing the forest ranger force to establish a training program for
volunteer wild land search and rescue personnel

 
PURPOSE:

To authorize the DEC forest rangers to establish, direct and maintain a
program for the purposes of training and credentialing volunteers, wild-
land search and rescue personnel.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 - Amends subdivision 18 of section 9-0105 of the environmental
conservation law, as added by chapter 617 of the laws of 1984 to add a
new paragraph (b) to authorize the DEC forest rangers to establish,
direct and maintain a program for the purpose of training and creden-
tialing volunteer, wild land search and rescue personnel to assist and

respond along with the forest ranger force to search for lost and miss-
ing persons in the wild, remote and forest land areas of the state.

Section 2 - Contains the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This proposal would provide training and credentials for volunteer
search and rescue groups so that these groups are encouraged to organize
and participate in search and rescue operations. The participation of
volunteer search and rescue groups will benefit the public by providing
additional resources to respond in emergency situations where lost or
missing persons are in need of assistance, the Training that is provided
by the Department's forest rangers to these volunteer groups will help
ensure that volunteer search and rescue efforts are and effective
manner. Well trained volunteer search are very important since the
Department has limited conduct approximately 225 search and rescue
efforts remote and forested areas of the state.conducted in a safe and
rescue groups resources and must per year in wild

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2022/2021: S5183 referred to Environmental Conservation; A514 referred
to Environmental Conservation

2020/2019: S1943 referred to Environmental Conservation; A1567 referred
to Environmental Conservation

2018/2017: S761 passed Senate; A9756 referred to Environmental Conserva-
tion

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2023-S28 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    28
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   authorizing  the  forest  ranger force to establish a training program
   for volunteer wild land search and rescue personnel
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  18  of  section  9-0105 of the environmental
 conservation law, as added by chapter  617  of  the  laws  of  1984,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   18.  A. Establish, operate and maintain a search and rescue program in
 fire towns and fire districts of the state. For  the  purposes  of  this
 section  fire towns shall mean such towns provided for in section 9-1107
 of this chapter and fire districts  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  fire
 protection  areas  provided  for  in  section 9-1109 of this chapter and
 regulations promulgated pursuant to  the  authority  of  such  sections.
 Pursuant to such program the forest ranger force of the department shall
 have the authority to organize, direct and execute search operations for
 lost  persons  or  civilian  aircraft  and conduct rescue operations for
 persons injured or in serious danger of injury in the wild,  remote  and
 forested  areas  of fire towns and fire districts of the state; provided
 that, where criminal conduct is suspected or fugitive search is involved
 such search or rescue operations shall be conducted under the  jurisdic-
 tion of the appropriate law enforcement agency.  Search and rescue oper-
 ations  outside of fire towns and fire districts may be conducted by the
 forest ranger force upon request of the agency  conducting  such  opera-
 tion.
   B. PURSUANT TO SUCH PROGRAM, THE FOREST RANGER FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH, DIRECT AND MAINTAIN A PROGRAM FOR
 THE  PURPOSE  OF  TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING VOLUNTEER, WILD LAND SEARCH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01699-01-3
 S. 28                               2
 
 AND RESCUE PERSONNEL TO ASSIST AND RESPOND ALONG WITH THE FOREST  RANGER
 FORCE  TO  SEARCH  FOR  LOST AND MISSING PERSONS IN THE WILD, REMOTE AND
 FORESTED AREAS OF THE STATE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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