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Senator · Senate District 45
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 55–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.458
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
Show 4 earlier actions
- Ordered to third reading cal.1409
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to environmental conservation
Companion bill
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Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor William Magee
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Sponsor's memo
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.
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