Establishes the position of an insurance liaison on the disaster preparedness commission to be appointed by the governor and serve as a non-voting member.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5757
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 15, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- 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 the establishment of
an insurance liaison on 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 699 of the laws of 2022, 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, the chief professional
21 officer of 2-1-1 New York state and [three] four additional members, to
22 be appointed by the governor, two of whom shall be chief executives, one
23 of whom shall act as a liaison between the insurance industry and the
24 commission and such liaison shall be a non-voting member of the commis-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 sion. Each member agency may designate an executive level officer of
2 that agency, with responsibility for disaster preparedness matters, who
3 may represent that agency on the commission. The commissioner of the
4 division of homeland security and emergency services shall serve as
5 chair of the commission, and the governor shall designate the vice chair
6 of the commission. The members of the commission, except those who serve
7 ex officio, shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
8 incurred in the performance of their duties under this article but shall
9 receive no additional compensation for services rendered pursuant to
10 this article.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
12 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
13 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
14 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
15 completed on or before such effective date.
