STATE OF NEW YORK
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10509
IN ASSEMBLY
May 22, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen-
thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Alcoholism and
Drug Abuse
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to including the commis-
sioner of addiction services and supports as a member of the disaster
preparedness commission
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 21 of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 176 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 1. There is hereby created in the executive department a disaster
5 preparedness commission consisting of the commissioners of transporta-
6 tion, health, division of criminal justice services, education, economic
7 development, agriculture and markets, housing and community renewal,
8 general services, labor, environmental conservation, mental health,
9 addiction services and supports, parks, recreation and historic preser-
10 vation, corrections and community supervision, children and family
11 services, homeland security and emergency services, and people with
12 developmental disabilities, the president of the New York state energy
13 research and development authority, the superintendents of state police
14 and financial services, the secretary of state, the state fire adminis-
15 trator, the chair of the public service commission, the adjutant gener-
16 al, the office of information technology services, and the office of
17 victim services, the chairs of the thruway authority, the office for the
18 aging, the metropolitan transportation authority, the port authority of
19 New York and New Jersey, the chief professional officer of the state
20 coordinating chapter of the American Red Cross and three additional
21 members, to be appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be chief
22 executives. Each member agency may designate an executive level officer
23 of that agency, with responsibility for disaster preparedness matters,
24 who may represent that agency on the commission. The commissioner of the
25 division of homeland security and emergency services shall serve as
26 chair of the commission, and the governor shall designate the vice chair
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of the commission. The members of the commission, except those who serve
2 ex officio, shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
3 incurred in the performance of their duties under this article but shall
4 receive no additional compensation for services rendered pursuant to
5 this article.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
