STATE OF NEW YORK
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25
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY(Prefiled)
January 6, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to exempting certain
utility and other workers from state and local traveling bans during
declared emergencies
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraph 13 of paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section
2 22 of the executive law, as amended by section 3 of part B of chapter 56
3 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4 (13) control of ingress and egress to and from a disaster area,
5 including but not limited to, exempting from travel bans those essential
6 private and public personnel, as determined by the commission, who are
7 summoned by their employers to assist in emergency services, such as
8 utility and other workers who need to reach declared emergency areas in
9 order to perform tasks related to the restoration and/or maintenance of
10 energy and communications infrastructure;
11 § 2. Subparagraph 13 of paragraph b of subdivision 7 of section 23 of
12 the executive law, as amended by section 4 of part B of chapter 56 of
13 the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
14 (13) control of ingress and egress to and from a disaster area,
15 including but not limited to, exempting from travel bans those essential
16 private and public personnel, as determined by the commission, who are
17 summoned by their employers to assist in emergency services, such as
18 utility and other workers who need to reach declared emergency areas in
19 order to perform tasks related to the restoration and/or maintenance of
20 energy and communications infrastructure;
21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01707-01-1
