Bill Text: VA HB959 | 2021 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Resilience hub pilot program; established.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-12-04 - Left in Labor and Commerce [HB959 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2021-HB959-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 959
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 7, 2020
A BILL to establish a resilience
hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations.
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Patrons-- Bourne, Askew and Carroll Foy
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. The Department of Emergency Management shall initiate a two-year pilot program designed to establish up to three resilience hubs per year in targeted, vulnerable communities, including those with high percentages of low-income or disabled persons, the elderly, and other persons for whom evacuation during an emergency situation is difficult and who may have few alternatives. For purposes of this act, a "resilience hub" is a simple combination of solar panels and batteries that ensures continuous power to a publicly accessible building when severe weather events or other grid disruptions cause an electrical outage.
