Bill Text: NY S07199 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a review of chemical security measures being taken by owners and operators of facilities that manufacture or store chemicals which could endanger the security of the public if unauthorized release occurred.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-06 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S07199 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07199-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7199
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 6, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  --  (at request of the Division of Homeland
          Security and Emergency Services) -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,
          and  when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
          land Security and Military Affairs
        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to chemical security
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Section 714 of the executive law, as amended by section 17
     2  of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of  2010,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    §  714.  Protection of critical infrastructure; storage facilities for
     5  hazardous substances. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  and
     6  subject to the availability of an appropriation, the commissioner of the
     7  division  of  homeland  security  and emergency services shall conduct a
     8  review and analysis of security measures being taken by the  owners  and
     9  operators  of facilities [identified pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdi-
    10  vision two of this section to protect the security of  critical  infras-
    11  tructure related to such facilities] that manufacture or store chemicals
    12  which,  if an unauthorized release occurred, could endanger the security
    13  of the public. The commissioner of the division of homeland security and
    14  emergency services shall have the authority  to  review  all  audits  or
    15  reports related to the security of such critical infrastructure, includ-
    16  ing  all  such  audits  or  reports mandated by state and federal law or
    17  regulation, including  spill  prevention  reports  and  risk  management
    18  plans,  audits and reports conducted at the request of the department of
    19  environmental conservation or at the request of any federal  entity,  or
    20  any  other agency or authority of the state or any political subdivision
    21  thereof, and reports prepared by owners and operators of such facilities
    22  as required in this subdivision. The owners and operators of such facil-
    23  ities shall, in compliance  with  any  federal  and  state  requirements
    24  regarding  the  dissemination of such information, provide access to the
    25  commissioner of the division of homeland security and emergency services
    26  to such  audits  and  reports  regarding  such  critical  infrastructure
    27  provided,  however,  exclusive  custody  and  control of such audits and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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