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.
LBD14297-01-6