Bill Text: HI SB1109 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The State Disaster Recovery Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. [SB1109 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-SB1109-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
1109 |
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION
1. Disaster recovery is a complex and
long-term process that involves a range of activities and many
participants. Recovery operations begin
shortly after a disaster occurs and can continue for many years. It involves short-term restoration of essential
community functions and long-term recovery planning and coordination.
State,
public, and private organizations share in providing for the public's health
and safety. It is essential that the
response, recovery, and mitigation activities of all parties be fully aligned.
The
purpose of this Act is to enhance the capacity of the government, relevant
agencies, and the community to recover from the impacts of disasters by establishing
the state disaster recovery program as overseen by the state disaster recovery
coordinator. The state disaster recovery
coordinator position herein described was funded through the governor's
executive budget in fiscal biennium 2019-2021.
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2. Chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended by adding new sections to be appropriately designated and to be read
as follows:
"§127A- State disaster recovery coordinator;
general functions, duties, and powers. (a) The state disaster recovery coordinator shall
report to the governor, oversee the state disaster recovery program and framework,
and shall:
(1) Establish and maintain recovery priorities and
strategy on behalf of the governor;
(2) Convene and provide executive level coordination
for state agencies working on the federal disaster recovery and reconstruction
programs and alignment of funding;
(3) Facilitate disaster recovery coordination and
collaboration between the federal, state, and local governments, the private
sector, and voluntary, faith-based, and community organizations;
(4) Serve as the primary contact with the federal disaster
recovery coordinator to address recovery needs;
(5) Promote a unified communications strategy with
state and local partners; and
(6) Develop and promulgate interagency
coordination plans to drive long-term recovery from disasters.
(b) The state disaster recovery coordinator shall
conduct a comprehensive review of recovery plans, policies, and decisions as required
by this section and submit a report to the governor and the legislature prior
to the convening of the regular session of 2022 and every odd year thereafter. Each stakeholder agency involved is
responsible to keep applicable portions of recovery plans, together with
annexes and appendices thereto, accurate and up to date."
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3. Section 127A-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes,
is amended by amending subsection (e), to read as follows:
"(e)
The agency
shall perform emergency management functions within the territorial limits of
the State. In performing its duties, the
agency shall:
(1) Prepare a state comprehensive emergency management
plan, which shall include a state disaster recovery program and framework and
be integrated into and coordinated with the emergency management plans of the
federal government. The plan shall be
integrated by a continuous, integrated comprehensive emergency management
program. The plan shall contain
provisions to ensure that the State is prepared for emergencies and minor, major,
and catastrophic disasters. In preparing
and maintaining the plan, the agency shall work closely with agencies and organizations
with emergency management responsibilities;
(2) Assign lead and support responsibilities to
state agencies and personnel for emergency functions and other support
activities;
(3) Adopt standards and requirements for county
emergency management plans. The standards
and requirements shall ensure that county plans are coordinated and consistent
with the state comprehensive emergency management plan;
(4) Make recommendations to the legislature,
building code organizations, and counties for zoning, building, and other land
use controls; and other preparedness, prevention, and mitigation measures designed
to eliminate emergencies or reduce their impact;
(5) Anticipate trends and promote innovations that
will enhance the emergency management system;
(6) Institute statewide public awareness programs. This shall include intensive public educational
campaigns on emergency preparedness issues, including but not limited to the
personal responsibility of individual citizens to be self-sufficient for up to
fourteen days following a natural or human-caused disaster;
(7) Coordinate federal, state, and local emergency
management activities and take all other steps, including the partial or full
mobilization of emergency management forces and organizations in advance of an
actual emergency, to ensure the availability of adequately trained and equipped
forces of emergency management personnel before, during, and after emergencies
and disasters;
(8) Implement training programs to improve the
ability of state and local emergency management personnel to prepare and
implement emergency management plans and programs. This shall include a continuous training
program for agencies and individuals that will be called on to perform key
roles in state and local post-disaster response and recovery efforts and for
local government personnel on federal and state post-disaster response and
recovery strategies and procedures;
(9) Adopt standards and requirements for state
agency emergency operating procedures and periodically review emergency operating
procedures of state agencies and recommend revisions as needed to ensure consistency
with the state comprehensive emergency management plan and program; and
(10) Coordinate, in advance whenever possible, such
executive orders, proclamations, and rules for issuance by the governor as are
necessary or appropriate for coping with emergencies and disasters."
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4. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY: |
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BY REQUEST |
Report Title:
COVID-19 Statewide Recovery Planning and Coordination; State Disaster Recovery Program and Framework; State Disaster Recovery Coordinator; Hawaii Emergency Management Agency; Office of the Governor
Description:
Establishes the Hawaii State Disaster Recovery Program and Framework and describes the role of the State Disaster Recovery Coordinator.
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