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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6570
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING SA FETY AND SECURITY IN
NONGOVERNMENTAL BUIL DINGS AND STRUCTURES .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than January 1, 1
2020, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 2
shall develop standards to assist in the development of security and 3
safety plans for nongovernmental buildings and structures, including 4
places of worship, that are open to the public and may be potential 5
targets of mass violence. The standards shall provide an all-hazards 6
approach to emergencies and include, but need not be limited to, 7
requirements for: 8
(1) Involvement of local officials, including the chief executive 9
officer of the municipality and law enforcement, fire, public health, 10
emergency management and emergency medical services personnel, in 11
the development of a plan; 12
(2) Establishment of an incident command system based on the 13
federal National Incident Management System and a description of the 14
responsibilities within such system; 15
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(3) Establishment of a security and safety committee; 16
(4) Crisis management procedures; 17
(5) Local law enforcement and other local public safety officials to 18
evaluate, score and provide feedback on fire drills and crisis response 19
drills conducted pursuant to a plan; 20
(6) Establishment of procedures for managing various types of 21
emergencies; 22
(7) Security and vulnerability assessments every two years and plan 23
amendments based on the results of such assessments; and 24
(8) Orientation of employees working at a building or structure on 25
such plan and violence prevention training as prescribed in such plan. 26
(b) Not later than January 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 27
department shall submit the security and safety plan standards and 28
any recommendations for legislation regarding such standards to the 29
joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance 30
of matters relating to public safety and security, in accordance with the 31
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. 32
(c) The department shall make such standards available to local 33
officials and owners and occupants of nongovernmental buildings or 34
structures. The department shall provide advice and technical 35
assistance regarding safety and security planning to such owners and 36
occupants when requested and as available resources allow. 37
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
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Statement of Purpose:
To develop safety and security standards for nongovernmental
buildings or structures that are open to the public.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. HAMPTON, 16th Dist.; REP. CAMILLO, 151st Dist.
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