Bill Text: HI HB2675 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Emergency Management.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-13 - Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1). [HB2675 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-HB2675-Amended.html
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"§127A- Accessibility
of emergency information. (a) The agency shall amend the state emergency
alert system and state emergency management plans as necessary to conform to
all current federal laws and regulations that ensure the accessibility of video
programming that provides emergency information, including:
(1) Title 47 Code
of Federal Regulations section 79.2 and other regulations enforced by the
Federal Communications Commission; and
(2) Regulations
enforced by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
(b) For the purposes of this section:
"Emergency information"
shall have the same meaning as in title 47 Code of Federal Regulations section
79.2(a).
"Video programming" shall have the same meaning as in title 47 Code of Federal Regulations section 79.1(a)."
SECTION 2. This Act does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, and proceedings that were begun before its effective date.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
HEMA; Emergency Information; Accessibility
Description:
Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to amend the state emergency alert system and state emergency management plans as necessary to conform to all current federal laws and regulations that ensure the accessibility of video programming that provides emergency information. (HB2675 HD1)
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