Int. No. 83
By Council Members Koppell, Brewer, Gentile, James, Lander, Vann, Rodriguez, Nelson and Garodnick
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to maintaining a registry of people who may need to be evacuated in the event of a citywide emergency.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Section 497 of the New York city charter is amended by renumbering existing subdivisions n and o as subdivisions o and p, respectively, and adding a new subdivision n to read as follows:
n. develop and maintain a registry of people who may need to be evacuated in the event of a citywide emergency, and a plan for conducting such an evacuation;
[n] o. perform all other functions previously performed by the former office of emergency management and the emergency control board; and
[o] p. promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.
ยง2. This local law shall take effect 90 days after its enactment into law; provided, however, the commissioner shall implement subdivision n of section 497 of the charter, as added by section one of this local law, within one year of such effective date.
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Int. 154/2006
LS #294
01/20/10