Bill Text: HI HB1571 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To First Responders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-06 - The committee(s) on JHA/HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HB1571 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1571-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to first responders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 321, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to part XVIII to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§321- First responder personnel; mandates; counties;
shared cost. Pursuant to article VIII, section 5, of
the Hawaii State Constitution, if the legislature mandates any new program or
increase in the level of service under an existing program by first responder
personnel employed by the counties, including but not limited to enhanced
requirements for enforcement or mandatory increased support, the legislature
shall also provide funding for the State's share of the cost of fulfilling the mandate."
SECTION 2. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
First Responder Personnel; Funding Mandates; Counties; Shared Cost
Description:
Requires the State to share in the cost of county first responder personnel fulfilling state-imposed new mandates or increases in the level of service under existing programs.
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