New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 5 - Executive Orders (George E. Pataki) › Section 5.141 - Executive order no. 141: directing that the adjutant general order into active service the organized militia to assist civil agencies and authorities in the states of louisiana, mississippi, alabama and texas in disaster recovery efforts

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, beginning on August 27, 2005, Hurricane Katrina
					 caused loss of life, dislocation of population, power outages, destruction of
					 utility infrastructure, and disruption of public transportation and public
					 safety systems in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
					 Texas;
WHEREAS, this catastrophic event has resulted in grave
					 personal hardship and severe damage to residential, public and commercial
					 properties and continues to pose a threat to the public health and
					 safety;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance
					 Compact (EMAC) that includes the States of New York and the affected states,
					 the Governor of Mississippi has requested the assistance of New York State in
					 responding to this disaster;
WHEREAS, requests for assistance pursuant to EMAC are
					 anticipated from other states that have been affected by this disaster;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, do hereby find that a disaster has occurred to which the affected
					 EMAC member state governments are unable to respond adequately.
THEREFORE, pursuant to the authority vested in me by the
					 Constitution and the Laws of New York, including Section 29-g  of the Executive
					 Law and Sections 3, 6 and 22  of the Military Law, and the authority of the
					 Governor as Commander-in-Chief of the Militia to order into the active service
					 of the State in case of disaster or imminent danger thereof, such units of the
					 organized militia which may be necessary to assist civil authority recovery
					 efforts outside the borders of the state;
FURTHER, I do hereby order that the Adjutant General order
					 into the active service of the State, for such period, to such extent, and in
					 such manner as he may deem necessary, any part of the organized militia to
					 assist civil agencies and authorities in recovery efforts necessitated by this
					 disaster in Mississippi and other affected states from which EMAC requests are
					 received and:
A. Major General Thomas
				  P. Maguire, Jr., the Adjutant General, or in his absence, his designee, is
				  hereby appointed commander of all personnel ordered into the active service of
				  the State.
B. Units and members of
				  the organized militia who shall perform State active duty by order of the
				  Adjutant General will immediately assemble at their local armories or airbases
				  when so ordered, and will remain assembled pending further orders as to their
				  disposition by the Adjutant General or his designee.
C. All enlistments, re-enlistments or
				  voluntary extensions of enlistments which expire after September 2, 2005, or
				  during the period for which the members are currently ordered into the active
				  service of the State are hereby extended for the duration of such duty in the
				  active service of the State.
Signed: George E. PatakiDated: September 2, 2005
[FN*] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 5 (Eliot Spitzer),
					 infra.]
[Revoked by Executive Order No. 9 (David A. Paterson),
					 infra.]
[Revoked by Executive Order No. 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo),
					 infra.]