Bill Text: HI HB2582 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Public Safety.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-04 - The committee(s) on WAM deleted the measure from the public hearing on 04-05-18 10:15AM in conference room 211. [HB2582 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2582-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to public safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the Hawaii emergency management agency's broadcast of a false alert of an inbound ballistic missile on January 13, 2018, and the amount of time it took the State to cancel the false alert is unacceptable.
In the aftermath of the false alert, the Hawaii emergency management agency implemented personnel and procedural changes and lawmakers promised to take corrective action to ensure that such a false alert would not occur again.
The legislature further finds that it is in the best interest of the State to demand accountability from emergency personnel, identify and correct weaknesses in the State's emergency management system, and take constructive action for disaster and emergency preparedness. To this point, it is important for the State to engage the entire community including businesses, universities and schools, the counties, media, and other stakeholders, in addition to the department of defense, to improve statewide disaster and emergency preparedness systems and protocols.
The purpose of this Act is to support the State of Hawaii in its efforts to plan for, respond to, and recover from disasters and emergencies by:
(1) Establishing
a Hawaii disaster preparedness task force to review current disaster management
coordination and other functional components of disaster planning, and to
develop recommendations on creating a Hawaii disaster preparedness plan; and
(2) Requiring
the national disaster preparedness training center at the University of Hawaii
to prepare the Hawaii disaster preparedness plan, incorporating recommendations
of the Hawaii disaster preparedness task force, to design and implement state
goals, objectives, policies, protocols, and priority guidelines.
SECTION 2. (a)
There is established a Hawaii disaster preparedness task force within
the national disaster preparedness training center at the University of Hawaii
to review current disaster management coordination and other functional
components of disaster planning.
(b)
The task force shall consist of:
(1) Three members of the house of representatives who shall be
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(2) Three members of the senate who shall be appointed by the senate
president;
(3) The adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee;
(4) The chairperson of the public utilities commission or the
chairperson's designee;
(5) The director of the office of planning or the director's
designee;
(6) The executive director of the national disaster preparedness
training center at the University of Hawaii or the executive director's
designee;
(7) The president of the University of Hawaii or the president's
designee;
(8) The chairperson of the board of education or the chairperson's
designee;
(9) The chairperson of the Hawaii tourism authority board of
directors or the chairperson's designee;
(10) The chairperson of the board of directors of the retail
merchants of Hawaii or the chairperson's designee;
(11) The president and chief executive officer of the chamber of
commerce Hawaii or the president and chief executive officer's designee;
(12) The executive director of the Hawaii association of broadcasters
or the executive director's designee;
(13) One member from the department of urban and regional planning at
the University of Hawaii who shall be appointed by the president of the
University of Hawaii;
(14) Three members each from the county of Hawaii, city and county of
Honolulu, county of Kauai, and county of Maui, consisting for each county of
the departmental director of the appropriate county planning department or
agency or the director's designee, the departmental director of the appropriate
county emergency management department or agency or the director's designee,
and one member appointed by the mayor; and
(15) The director of the legislative reference bureau or the
director's designee.
(c)
The task force shall select one of its members to serve as the chair of
the task force.
(d) The members of the task force shall receive reimbursement for expenses, including travel expenses, that are necessary for the performance of their duties. No member shall be made subject to section 84-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of that member's participation as a member of the task force. The task force shall be exempt from chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
(e)
The national disaster preparedness training center at the University of
Hawaii shall assist the task force in performing its duties as required under
this Act.
(f)
The task force shall review, solicit input on, and develop
recommendations for the creation of the Hawaii disaster preparedness plan to
ensure its relevance as a guide for future long-term disaster planning. In executing this function, the task force
shall:
(1) Determine
if existing disaster management criteria for allocating resources and
addressing coordination among federal, state, and county agencies are adequate;
(2) Determine
if existing disaster management facilities associated with emergency response,
public safety regeneration, and civic restoration are adequate;
(3) Research
the implementation of a structured, systemic, and timely disaster management outreach
program targeting public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders;
(4) Identify
and list the capabilities and weaknesses of the State and counties in disaster
planning, response, and recovery;
(5) Assess
disaster planning needs within the State;
(6) Install
mechanisms to prevent and immediately cancel false alerts;
(7) Determine
the best use of appropriate technologies and communications systems, including
social media, for the accurate and immediate dissemination of critical
information throughout the State;
(8) Promote
efficiency, accuracy, accountability, and reliability of emergency management
functions;
(9) Conduct
necessary follow-up on the deputy adjutant general's report and modifications
to the state's missile alert system as a result of the ballistic missile false
alert on January 13, 2018;
(10) Determine
the likely impacts of various disaster scenarios in the State and estimate the
time required to restore functions within the State if the disaster were to
strike under current conditions;
(11) Research
and record best practices for disaster planning, response, and recovery from
other states and other national and international sources;
(12) Determine
the effectiveness and feasibility of statewide disaster and emergency
simulation exercises;
(13) Define
acceptable timeframes to restore all statewide functions after a disaster to
fulfill expected resilient performance;
(14) Recommend
changes in practice, policies, and protocols that, if implemented during the
next fifty years, will allow Hawaii to reach the desired disaster preparedness,
management, and recovery targets; and
(15) Develop
criteria and benchmarks to measure compliance with task force recommendations
that have been enacted into law or adopted as policies by governmental agencies
and to guide budgetary priorities.
SECTION 3. The task force shall submit a report of its
findings, program recommendations, and proposed legislation, if any, to the
legislature and to the national disaster preparedness training center at the
University of Hawaii no later than twenty days prior to the convening of
the regular session of 2019.
SECTION 4. Upon receipt of the task force's report, the
national disaster preparedness training center at the University of
Hawaii shall prepare the Hawaii disaster preparedness plan, which shall
define and implement state goals, objectives, policies, protocols, and priority
guidelines in the State's efforts to plan for, respond to, and recover from
disasters and emergencies.
The national disaster preparedness
training center at the University of Hawaii, in preparing the plan, shall seek
input from all state agencies, solicit public views and concerns, and
incorporate recommendations reported by the Hawaii disaster preparedness task
force. The plan shall serve as a
guideline for funding and implementation by state and county agencies. The legislative reference bureau shall assist
the national disaster preparedness training center at the University of Hawaii
in finalizing the plan.
SECTION 5. The national disaster preparedness training
center at the University of Hawaii shall submit the Hawaii disaster
preparedness plan to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the
convening of the regular session of 2020.
SECTION 6. The national disaster preparedness training
center at the University of Hawaii, with cooperation from the legislative
reference bureau, shall update the Hawaii disaster preparedness plan in 2021
and report to the legislature.
SECTION 7. 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 review, recommendations, and
community planning to be performed by the Hawaii disaster preparedness task
force pursuant to this Act.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the national disaster preparedness training center at the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 8. 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 creating the Hawaii disaster preparedness plan.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the national disaster preparedness training center at the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2018.
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Report Title:
Hawaii
Disaster Preparedness Plan; Hawaii Disaster Preparedness Task Force
Description:
Establishes a task force to make recommendations for the Hawaii Disaster Preparedness Plan. Requires the National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawaii to prepare the plan. Appropriates funds.
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