Bill Text: NY A04206 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the division of military and naval affairs to establish policies relating to security and protection of New York national guard and air national guard recruiting centers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A04206 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A04206-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4206

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. HAWLEY, MORINELLO, DiPIETRO, BLANKENBUSH, MIKU-
          LIN, DURSO, TANNOUSIS, SMULLEN, BYRNES, McDONOUGH,  GALLAHAN,  MILLER,
          ANGELINO  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
          Operations

        AN ACT in relation to directing  the  division  of  military  and  naval
          affairs  to  establish  policies on the security and protection of New
          York national guard and air national guard recruiting centers

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. 1. The division of military and naval affairs shall estab-
     2  lish policies to ensure the security and protection of New York national
     3  guard and air national guard recruiting centers from terrorist attacks.
     4    2. The division shall:
     5    a. improve and strengthen building security through  the  installation
     6  of  metal detectors, bulletproof glass, video surveillance equipment and
     7  barricades to limit vehicle access at national guard  and  air  national
     8  guard  recruiting  centers and at Reserve Officer Training Corps facili-
     9  ties;
    10    b. relocate recruiting centers to secure locations; and
    11    c. take additional  measures  deemed  necessary  by  the  division  to
    12  protect  employees,  recruits, visitors and any other individuals at New
    13  York national guard  and  air  national  guard  recruiting  centers  and
    14  Reserve Officer Training Corps facilities.
    15    3.  The division shall issue a report on an annual basis to the tempo-
    16  rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair  of
    17  the senate committee on veterans, homeland security and military affairs
    18  and  the  chair  of  the  assembly committee on veterans' affairs.   The
    19  report shall contain information related to improvements being  made  or
    20  planned to be made under the provisions of this act.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07010-01-3