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H0722......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS - FUNDS - Amends and adds to existing law to add a
member to the Emergency Response Commission; to provide for the preparation
and distribution of a summary of federal funds granted to the state for
disaster preparedness; and to provide for distribution of the funds.
03/08 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/09 Rpt prt - to Transp
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17 3rd rdg - PASSED - 63-0-7
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Hammond, Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Judd, Kempton,
Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher, Mader, Marley, Meyer,
Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith,
Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler,
Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bruneel, Crow, Hansen(23), Jones, Kellogg,
McKague, Moyle,
Floor Sponsor - Wood
Title apvd - to Senate
03/20 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to St Aff
03/23 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/24 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/03 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Sorensen
Title apvd - to House
04/04 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
04/05 Pres signed - to Governor
04/17 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 442
Effective: 07/01/00
H0722
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 722
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ACT; AMENDING SECTION 46-1019,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO ADD A MEMBER TO THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE COMMISSION AND TO
4 MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE 46, IDAHO CODE, BY
5 THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 46-1025, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR PREPARA-
6 TION AND DISTRIBUTION OF A SUMMARY OF FEDERAL FUNDS GRANTED TO THE STATE
7 FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 46-1019, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 46-1019. EMERGENCY RESPONSE. (1) There is hereby created an emergency
12 response commission in the office of the governor. The commission shall con-
13 sist of the following state and local officials, industry representatives, or
14 their designees: the adjutant general of the Idaho national guard; the direc-
15 tor of the department of health and welfare; the state fire marshal; the
16 director of the department of law enforcement; the director of the Idaho
17 transportation department; the director of the department of agriculture; the
18 director of the department of lands; the director of the Idaho geological sur-
19 vey; the director of the department of water resources; the coordinator for
20 INEEL oversight; one (1) member representing Idaho cities; one (1) member of
21 an organization representing farmers or ranchers; one (1) member representing
22 Idaho counties; one (1) member representing the hazardous waste or materials
23 transportation industry; one (1) member representing a user of hazardous mate-
24 rials; one (1) member representing the Idaho state fire chief's association;
25 one (1) member representing the Idaho county sheriff's association; one (1)
26 member of the Idaho police chief's association; one (1) member representing
27 the Idaho emergency management association; and one (1) member at-large repre-
28 senting the citizens of the state of Idaho. The last nine ten (910) members
29 shall be appointed by the governor to serve staggered three (3) year terms.
30 The manager of the bureau of disaster services and the manager of the bureau
31 of hazardous materials shall be nonvoting members of the commission. All mem-
32 bers shall serve without compensation, except that members who are not state
33 officers or employees shall be compensated as provided in section 59-509(g),
34 Idaho Code. The governor shall appoint a chairman from the appointees. The
35 attorney general shall provide legal counsel to the commission.
36 (2) The commission shall act as an all-hazards advisory and coordinating
37 body to the governor for all types of disasters and emergencies which could
38 affect the citizens of Idaho. They shall review, evaluate, report and advise
39 the governor on state and local plans and programs to prepare for, respond to,
40 and recover from all types of disaster emergencies.
41 SECTION 2. That Chapter 10, Title 46, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
42 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
2
1 ignated as Section 46-1025, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
2 46-1025. FEDERAL FUNDS TO POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. (1) Annually, the
3 chief of the Idaho bureau of disaster services shall prepare a written summary
4 of all grants received from the federal emergency management agency to be dis-
5 tributed to the forty-four (44) county commission chairmen. The summary shall
6 list those federal funds that are eligible for direct assistance to local
7 disaster agencies in accordance with section 46-1009(2), Idaho Code, and those
8 funds that are limited to use by the state and not eligible for direct assis-
9 tance to local disaster agencies.
10 (2) Not less than thirty-four percent (34%) of the eligible direct assis-
11 tance funds shall be subgranted by the Idaho bureau of disaster services to
12 the local disaster agencies. Funds shall be distributed to the local disaster
13 agencies subject to the provisions and regulations of the Idaho bureau of
14 disaster services, the federal emergency management agency through the Robert
15 T. Stafford Act, title 44 of the code of federal regulations, and pertinent
16 circulars published by the United States office of management and budget.
17 (3) Direct financial assistance to the local disaster agencies is not an
18 entitlement. Subgrants are awarded through the Idaho bureau of disaster ser-
19 vices for the purpose of assisting counties to achieve goals and objectives
20 outlined in an approved county grant proposal.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS10139Cl
This legislation amends Section 46-1019, Idaho Code, to add one member,
representing the Idaho Emergency Management Association, to the Emergency
Response Commission; and adds a new Section 46-1025, Idaho Code, which sets
requirements for the Idaho Bureau of Disaster Services to distribute not less than
thirty-four percent of eligible direct assistance funds from the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) to local disaster agencies.
FISCAL NOTE
No impact to state general fund. Funds are matched by local government. No
impact to other state funds.
CONTACT: Roger Simmons, Idaho Association of Counties
(208) 364-2333
Doug Hardman, Idaho Emergency Management Association
(208) 377-6645
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE H 722