HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1678
TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to public safety.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 127A-4, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§127A-4[]] Hawaii advisory council on emergency management. (a) There shall be a Hawaii advisory council on emergency management, which shall be attached to the agency for administrative purposes, and which shall consist of seven members nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor. The governor shall designate the chairperson of the council. The council, at the request of the governor, shall confer with and advise the governor in regard to matters pertaining to emergency management. Members of the council shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for travel and other reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties relating to the council. Persons holding public office or employment in the state government, or any political subdivision thereof, are eligible for appointment to the council.

(b) Beginning in 2020, the council shall develop a plan setting forth emergency and disaster response goals and strategies and shall update and revise the plan as necessary every five years. At a minimum, the plan shall include any strategies and necessary actions, including any proactive strategies and actions, to allow for:

(1) Rapid, timely, and efficient response to an emergency, disaster, or local state of emergency so as to minimize the effects of the emergency, disaster, or local state of emergency; and

(2) Rapid and timely recovery from an emergency, disaster, or local state of emergency.

The council shall submit a copy of the plan to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the administrator before January 1 of the year after which the plan was drafted, updated, or revised."

SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 for the development of a plan setting forth strategies and goals for emergency and disaster response and recovery.

The sum appropriated shall be expended by the Hawaii emergency management agency for the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Disaster preparedness; Disaster planning; Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management

Description:

Requires the Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management to develop a plan setting forth disaster response goals and strategies. Appropriates funds.

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