Bill Text: HI SB2918 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Emergency Management.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-08 - The committee on GVO deferred the measure. [SB2918 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2018-SB2918-Introduced.html
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2018 |
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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. 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; support county emergency
management agencies as requested; coordinate all resource support to the
counties; ensure that emergency management plans across the State are
coordinated with each other and other state, federal, and local organizations;
oversee and coordinate the statewide outdoor siren warning system; monitor and
issue alerts and warnings; and coordinate emergency and disaster response and
recovery activities[.]; provided that the agency shall not issue any
alert or warning relating to military matters without receiving prior approval
for such an alert or warning from the United States Pacific Command."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Emergency Management; Warnings and Alerts; United States Pacific Command
Description:
Prohibits the Hawaii emergency management agency from issuing any alert or warning related to military matters without receiving prior approval for such an alert or warning from the United States Pacific Command.
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