Bill Text: HI SB2729 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To Emergency Management.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-24 - Referred to PSM, JDC. [SB2729 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2729-Introduced.html
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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-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "emergency" to read as follows:
""Emergency"
means [any] an acute occurrence, or imminent threat thereof,
which results or may likely result in substantial injury or harm to the
population or substantial damage to or loss of property or substantial damage
to or loss of the environment[.], and the occurrence cannot be
handled by laws adopted by the legislature and signed by the governor due to
the time constraints."
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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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; Emergency; Definition; Acute Occurrences
Description:
Amends
the definition of "emergency" for emergency management purposes to
mean an acute occurrence, or imminent threat thereof, which results or may
likely result in substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial
damage to or loss of property or substantial damage to or loss of the
environment, and the occurrence cannot be handled by laws adopted by the Legislature
and signed by the Governor due to the time constraints.
The summary description
of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is
not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
