Bill Text: MA H3925 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: That the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency be authorized to establish a technical assistance grant program for cities and towns
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 10/21 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room A1 [H3925 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H3925-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Jennifer M. Callahan
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act establishing technical assistance grants to certified emergency response teams.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act establishing technical assistance grants to certified
emergency response teams.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 6A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 18I the following section:-
Section 18J. The Massachusetts emergency management agency shall establish a technical assistance grants fund program for certified emergency response teams. The agency shall provide technical assistance grants to communities for the purpose of conducting and maintaining neighborhood emergency preparedness surveys and inventories relative to existing resources used to mitigate the effects of community-wide natural or manmade disasters. Such surveys and inventories may include but is not limited to information relative to the locations and numbers of generators, sump pumps, chainsaws, snow blowers, and other outdoor maintenance equipment, drinking wells, private short term housing hosts and flood lights. Such inventory and survey information will be coordinated with the local public safety officials and be incorporated as part of the communities’ official emergency management plans.
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