S553-2011 Actions

• Apr 19, 2012: referred to environmental conservation
• Apr 19, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Apr 19, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Mar 29, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Mar 28, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Mar 27, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.458
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
• Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
• Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
• Jun 20, 2011: referred to environmental conservation
• Jun 20, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 20, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 20, 2011: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1409
• Jun 20, 2011: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 7, 2011: REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
• Jan 5, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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BILL NUMBER:S553

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to authorizing
the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer
wild land search and rescue personnel

PURPOSE:
To authorize the DEC forest rangers to establish, direct and maintain
a program for the purposes of training and credentialing volunteer,
wild land search and rescue personnel.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1- Amends subdivision 18 of section 9-0105 of the
environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 617 of the laws
of 1984 to add a new paragraph (b) to authorize the DEC forest
rangers to establish direct and maintain a program for the purposes
of training and credentialing volunteer, wild land search and rescue
personnel to assist and respond along with forest ranger forces to
search for lost and missing persons in wild, remote and forested
areas of the state.

Section 2 - This act shall take effect immediately.

EXISTING LAW:
Subdivision 18 of section 9-0105 of the environmental conservation
law, as added by chapter 617 of the laws of 1984, relates to search
and rescue programs established, operated and maintained by the
Department of Environmental Conservation.

JUSTIFICATION:
This proposal would provide training and credentials for volunteer
search and rescue groups so that these groups are encouraged to
organize and participate in search and rescue operations. The
participation of volunteer search and rescue groups will benefit the
public by providing additional resources to respond in emergency
situations where lost or missing persons are in need of assistance,
the Training that is provided by the Department's forest rangers to
these volunteer groups will help ensure that volunteer search and
rescue efforts are conducted in a safe and effective manner. Well
trained volunteer search and rescue groups are very important since
the Department has limited resources and must conduct approximately
225 search and rescue efforts per year in wild remote and forested
areas of the state.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2009/10: S.3652/A.8537; Referred to Environmental Conservation.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S553-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                          553
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 5, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 

AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
 authorizing  the  forest  ranger force to establish a training program
 for volunteer wild land search and rescue personnel
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Subdivision  18  of  section  9-0105 of the environmental
 conservation law, as added by chapter  617  of  the  laws  of  1984,  is
 amended to read as follows:

 18.  A. Establish, operate and maintain a search and rescue program in
 fire towns and fire districts of the state. For  the  purposes  of  this
 section  fire towns shall mean such towns provided for in section 9-1107
 of this chapter and fire districts  shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  fire
 protection  areas  provided  for  in  section 9-1109 of this chapter and
 regulations promulgated pursuant to  the  authority  of  such  sections.
 Pursuant to such program the forest ranger force of the department shall
 have the authority to organize, direct and execute search operations for
 lost  persons  or  civilian  aircraft  and conduct rescue operations for
 persons injured or in serious danger of injury in the wild,  remote  and
 forested  areas  of fire towns and fire districts of the state; provided
 that, where criminal conduct is suspected or fugitive search is involved
 such search or rescue operations shall be conducted under the  jurisdic
 tion of the appropriate law enforcement agency.  Search and rescue oper
 ations  outside of fire towns and fire districts may be conducted by the
 forest ranger force upon request of the agency  conducting  such  opera
 tion.
 B. PURSUANT TO SUCH PROGRAM, THE FOREST RANGER FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT
 SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH, DIRECT AND MAINTAIN A PROGRAM FOR
 THE  PURPOSE  OF  TRAINING AND CREDENTIALING VOLUNTEER, WILD LAND SEARCH
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02057-01-1
 
       S. 553                              2
 AND RESCUE PERSONNEL TO ASSIST AND RESPOND ALONG WITH THE FOREST  RANGER
 FORCE  TO  SEARCH  FOR  LOST AND MISSING PERSONS IN THE WILD, REMOTE AND
 FORESTED AREAS OF THE STATE.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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