S1554-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
• Jan 10, 2011: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

S1554-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1554

TITLE  OF  BILL:   An act to amend the education law, in relation to the
development of a comprehensive campus security plan

PURPOSE:   To allow security officers  more  enforcement  authority,  to
expand on existing campus security laws and regulations.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

1)  A  new  section  6435-a is created to require each campus to use its
existing advisory committees on campus security to establish  a  compre-
hensive  security  plan.  It  also  requires  each campus to establish a
relationship with its local police force.

2) The plan must address how the campus will respond to various types of
emergencies. It must include law enforcement, emergency medical  person-
nel,  the use of various communications monitoring and sensor technology
and the mapping of campus grounds and facilities.

3) The plan also requires that each campus conduct emergency/drills,  to
evaluate  such  drills  against  standards  that  have been developed in
consultation with local law enforcement and that have been  reviewed  by
the New York State Police.

4)  The bill requires SUNY & CUNY to implement several pilot programs in
order to test various technologies  related  to  the  identification  of
security threats and; how to respond to those threats.

5) The legislation also requires each campus to establish a protocol for
the  reporting of instances when there is a concern regarding the mental
health of a student and it also requires that such campus  increase  the
number  of mental health counselors and provide funding for SUNY CUNY to
increase those numbers.

JUSTIFICATION:  This bill is an effort to address campus security issues
for.two perspectives. The first is the importance of securing the safety
of all students and personnel on a college  campus.  The  second  is  to
ensure  that  each  campus  develop a process to handle mental health is
sues in a manner consistent with the interests of the individual and his
or her privacy and the safety of all college personnel and students.  As
we  learned  from  the  tragic events of Virginia Tech, the security and
safety of students and college personnel can be related  to  the  mental
health of those on campus.

In  order  to  address these issues this legislation requires that every
college develop a comprehensive security plan that includes  integration
of  local law enforcement and emergency medical personnel in response to
emergency situations. It also requires that these campuses conduct emer-
gency drills and allow SUNY & CUNY to  develop  pilot  or  demonstration

projects  to test various technologies that could improve our ability to
monitor, identify and respond to security related threats.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2011-12 S.1805; 2009-10 S.876; 2007-08. S.6264-A.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S1554-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         1554
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 January 10, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO,  OPPENHEIMER,  PARKER  -- read twice and
 ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
 Judiciary
 

AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to providing purchas
 ers  and  sellers  of residential real property and cooperative apart
 ments with voter registration forms at closing
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  The  real property law is amended by adding a new section
 262 to read as follows:

 

S 262. VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,  THE
 TERM  "CLOSING"  SHALL MEAN AN IN-PERSON MEETING TO COMPLETE FINAL DOCU
 MENTS INCIDENT TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY AND
 COOPERATIVE APARTMENTS, AND THE TERM "SETTLEMENT AGENT" SHALL  MEAN  THE
 LENDER  IN  A  NON-CASH  TRANSACTION, THE TITLE COMPANY IN A CASH TRANS
 ACTION AND THE MANAGING AGENT IN A COOPERATIVE APARTMENT TRANSACTION.
 2. EVERY PURCHASER OR SELLER OF REAL PROPERTY IN ATTENDANCE AT A CLOS
 ING HELD WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH ANY FORMS NECESSARY TO
 COMPLY WITH THE VOTER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS  SET  FORTH  IN  ARTICLE
 FIVE  OF  THE ELECTION LAW, EXCEPT FOR SELLERS WHO ARE MOVING OUT OF NEW
 YORK STATE.  IF SUCH PURCHASER OR SELLER SHALL NOT BE IN  ATTENDANCE  AT
 SUCH CLOSING, SUCH FORMS SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH
 PURCHASER OR SELLER.
 3.  THE PROVISION OF FORMS REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION
 SHALL BE MADE BY THE SETTLEMENT AGENT WITHOUT  COST  OR  CHARGE  TO  THE
 PURCHASER OR SELLER.
 4. EACH COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO
 COOPERATE  WITH  SETTLEMENT  AGENTS  TO  CARRY  OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 SECTION.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00807-01-1

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