Bill Amendment: WV SB677 | 2023 | Regular Session

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Bill Title: Clarifying role and responsibilities of State Resiliency Officer

Status: 2023-05-01 - Chapter 281, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 [SB677 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2023-SB677-sb677_hfin_amt.html

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SB677 HFIN AMT

McO

The Committee on Finance moves to amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

Eng. Com. Sub. For S. B. 677 -- “A BILL to amend and reenact §15-5-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to repeal §15-5-4b, §15-5-4c, §15-5-24, §15-5-25, and §15-5-26, and of said code; to amend and reenact §29-31-1 and §29-31-2 of said code; to amend said code by adding thereto new sections, designated §29-31-2a; to amend and reenact §29-31-3 of said code; and to amend said code by adding thereto new sections, designated §29-31-6, §29-31-7, §29-31-8, §29-31-9, §29-31-10, §29-31-11, §29-31-12, §29-31-13 and §29-31-14, all relating to the Resiliency and Flood Protection Planning Act generally; modifying definitions; repealing, continuing, and moving provisions governing the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund into the Act; revising provisions governing the State Resiliency Office, the State Resiliency Officer and the State Resiliency Board within the Act; expanding upon the qualifications, powers and duties of the State Resiliency Officer and the deputy State Resiliency Officer, including but not limited to requiring a vulnerability assessment of critical infrastructure at the state and municipal levels including hospitals, schools, fire stations, and comparable facilities; requiring leadership in state planning efforts “in the event of” states of emergency; and requiring development of new state Flood Resiliency Plan; providing for receipt and disbursement of funds from the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund and the duties of the State Resiliency Officer in administering the same; creating the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund; providing for receipt and disbursement of funds from the West Virginia Flood Resiliency Trust Fund and the duties of the State Resiliency Officer in administering the same; and providing tax exemption.

ADOPTED

REJECTED