Establishes a workgroup to examine and make recommendations on the security and protection of New York national guard recruiting centers and ROTC facilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6021--C
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 22, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Veterans, Home-
land Security and Military Affairs in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
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 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 recruiting centers from terrorist attacks.
4 2. The division shall:
5 a. provide sidearms or issue permits to carry a concealed firearm to
6 full-time New York national guard personnel employed at recruiting
7 centers;
8 b. improve and strengthen building security through the installation
9 of metal detectors, bulletproof glass, video surveillance equipment and
10 barricades to limit vehicle access at national guard recruiting centers
11 and at Reserve Officer Training Corps facilities;
12 c. relocate recruiting centers to armories or other secure locations;
13 and
14 d. take additional measures deemed necessary by the division to
15 protect employees, recruits, visitors and any other individuals at New
16 York national guard recruiting centers and Reserve Officer Training
17 Corps facilities.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 3. The division shall issue a report on an annual basis to the tempo-
2 rary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of
3 the senate committee on veterans, homeland security and military affairs
4 and the chair of the assembly committee on veterans' affairs. The
5 report shall contain information related to improvements being made or
6 planned to be made under the provisions of this act.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
