Senate Bill S7932

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster and includes air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2023-S7932 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§20 & 23, Exec L

2023-S7932 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds hazardous air quality to the state definition of a disaster; requires explicit inclusion of air quality emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management plans with an action plan and annual inventory of air quality emergency resources.

2023-S7932 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7932 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7932
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 3, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 adding  hazardous  air
   quality to the state definition of a disaster and including air quali-
   ty  emergency preparedness in local comprehensive emergency management
   plans

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 20 of the executive
 law, as amended by chapter 23 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as
 follows:
   a. "disaster" means occurrence or imminent, impending or urgent threat
 of  wide  spread  or  severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property
 resulting from any natural or man-made causes, including, but not limit-
 ed to, fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado,  high  water,  land-
 slide,  mudslide, wind, storm, wave action, volcanic activity, epidemic,
 disease outbreak, air contamination, HAZARDOUS AIR  QUALITY,  terrorism,
 cyber event, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, radiological acci-
 dent,  nuclear,  chemical, biological, or bacteriological release, water
 contamination, bridge failure or bridge collapse.
   § 2. Section 23 of the executive law is amended by adding a new subdi-
 vision 8 to read as follows:
   8. SUCH PLANS SHALL ADDITIONALLY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED  TO,  THE
 FOLLOWING REGARDING AIR QUALITY EMERGENCIES:
   A.  AN  ACTION PLAN FOR THE MUNICIPALITY IN THE CASE OF AN AIR QUALITY
 EMERGENCY; AND
   B. AN ANNUAL INVENTORY OF THE  MUNICIPALITY'S  AIR  QUALITY  EMERGENCY
 RESOURCES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13098-01-3

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