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