Bill Text: MI HB6351 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: State financing and management; other; modifications to emergency management plans; provide for. Amends sec. 7a of 1976 PA 390 (MCL 30.407a).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-09-26 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/25/2018 [HB6351 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB6351-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 6351

 

 

September 25, 2018, Introduced by Reps. Phelps and Sneller and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.

 

     A bill to amend 1976 PA 390, entitled

 

"Emergency management act,"

 

by amending section 7a (MCL 30.407a), as amended by 2002 PA 132.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 7a. (1) The department shall establish an emergency

 

management division for the purpose of coordinating within this

 

state the emergency management activities of county, municipal,

 

state, and federal governments. The department shall provide the

 

division with professional and support employees as necessary for

 

the performance of its functions.

 

     (2) The division shall prepare and maintain a Michigan

 

emergency management plan that is a comprehensive plan that

 

encompasses mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery for

 

this state.

 

     (3) The division shall receive available state and federal

emergency management and disaster related grants-in-aid and shall

 

administer and apportion the grants according to appropriately

 

established guidelines to the agencies of this state and local

 

political subdivisions.

 

     (4) The division may do 1 or more of the following:

 

     (a) Promulgate rules that establish standards and requirements

 

for the appointment, training, and professional development of

 

emergency management coordinators.

 

     (b) Promulgate rules that establish standards and requirements

 

for local and interjurisdictional emergency management programs.

 

     (c) Periodically review local and interjurisdictional

 

emergency operations plans.

 

     (d) Promulgate rules that establish standards and requirements

 

for emergency training and exercising programs and public

 

information programs.

 

     (e) Make surveys of industries, resources, and facilities

 

within this state, both public and private, necessary to carry out

 

the purposes of this act.

 

     (f) Prepare, for issuance by the governor, executive orders,

 

proclamations, and regulations as necessary or appropriate in

 

coping with disasters and emergencies.

 

     (g) Provide for 1 or more state emergency operations centers

 

to provide for the coordination of emergency response and disaster

 

recovery in this state.

 

     (h) Provide for the coordination and cooperation of state

 

agencies and departments with federal and local government agencies

 

and departments in emergency management activities.

     (i) Cooperate with the federal government and any public or

 

private agency or entity in achieving any purpose of this act and

 

in implementing programs for disaster mitigation, preparation,

 

response, and recovery.

 

     (j) Propose and administer statewide mutual aid compacts and

 

agreements.

 

     (k) Do other activities necessary, incidental, or appropriate

 

for the implementation of this act.

 

     (5) For purposes of this section, the judicial branch of this

 

state is considered a department of state government.

 

     (6) Not later than July 1, 2017, the division shall update and

 

modify the Michigan emergency management plan to include, without

 

limitation, all of the following for a municipal water emergency:

 

     (a) The immediate provision of drinking water, filters, and

 

other resources to ensure that residents have a safe supply of

 

drinking water.

 

     (b) A medium-term plan for home water supply to residents that

 

may include large containers or drums of drinking water and tanker

 

trucks.

 

     (c) A plan to address other public health issues associated

 

with a lack of safe drinking water and the underlying cause of the

 

lack of safe drinking water.

 

     (d) A public education plan that, upon identification of the

 

harmful issues with a municipal water supply, provides the

 

immediate education of residents regarding the risk of harm and how

 

to minimize that risk.

 

     (7) (6) As used in this section, "division" means the

emergency management division of the department.