Requires wardens or superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from state and federal agencies and municipalities in the event of an emergency, including loss of power, heat, or water.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5469--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 12, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Correction -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring wardens or
superintendents of correctional facilities to accept assistance from
state and federal agencies and municipalities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The correction law is amended by adding a new section 27 to
2 read as follows:
3 § 27. Assistance by state and federal agencies and municipalities. The
4 warden or superintendent of any state institution in the department,
5 having due regard to the safety of the inmates and property of the
6 institution, shall accept humanitarian aid from state or federal agen-
7 cies or from municipalities in the event of an emergency. For the
8 purposes of this section, an "emergency" shall include, but not be
9 limited to, loss of power, heat or water and "humanitarian aid" shall
10 mean material assistance actually and reasonably necessary, including
11 but not limited to bottled water, medical supplies and supply kits,
12 battery or solar powered flashlights, blankets and monetary donations,
13 to alleviate suffering and provide support to staff, inmates and other
14 individuals on site at any state institution during an emergency.
15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09630-04-9
