New York Assembly Bill A09899 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9899  IN ASSEMBLY April 26, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the timing of emergen- cy public safety alerts in the event of a disaster or state disaster emergency The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs 3 and 5 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of 2 section 22 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part B of 3 chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, are amended to read as follows: 4 (3) a system for warning populations who are or may be endangered, 5 including the issuance of public safety alerts by the New York emergency 6 alert notification system or "NY-Alert" within thirty minutes of a 7 disaster or state disaster emergency, or as soon as practicable there- 8 after; 9 (5) a specific plan for rapid and efficient communication, including 10 the issuance of public safety alerts by the New York emergency alert 11 notification system or "NY-Alert" within thirty minutes of a disaster or 12 state disaster emergency, or as soon as practicable thereafter, and for 13 the integration of state communication facilities during a state disas- 14 ter emergency, including the assignment of responsibilities and the 15 establishment of communication priorities, and liaison with municipal, 16 private and federal communication facilities; 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15158-01-4