HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1197

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that firefighters are important men and women who extinguish fires, administer first aid, provide emergency services, and often risk their lives to assist others.

     The legislature further finds that firefighters serve both the State with fire stations at Hawaii airports and the counties with twenty-five fire stations in the county of Hawaii, forty-four fire stations in the city and county of Honolulu, seven fire stations in the county of Kauai, and fourteen fire stations in the county of Maui.

     The legislature also finds that the Hawaii emergency management agency recommends that each resident stock an emergency preparedness kit that includes enough food and water for at least seven days.  However, the legislature also finds that city and county of Honolulu fire stations store only four-day supplies of food and water.  County of Maui fire stations store only a one-day supply of MREs, or Meals Ready-to-Eat. Although county of Kauai fire stations have special water filters that can remove impurities for drinking and cooking, those stations and the county of Hawaii fire stations do not store emergency supplies of food and water.

     The legislature further finds that it is in the best interests of the State and the counties to ensure that firefighters have adequate supplies of food and water for their own use at fire stations, especially during times of natural disasters or other calamities.

     The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds to supply emergency, seven-day provisions of food and water for state and county firefighters while they serve at fire stations; provided that the county provides matching funds for provisions for its firefighters.

     SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $        or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to supply each fire station at state airports with emergency provisions of food and water to sustain firefighters on a fully-staffed shift for seven days.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of transportation for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 3.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to supply each county fire station in the county of Hawaii with emergency provisions of food and water to sustain firefighters on a fully-staffed shift for seven days; provided that no funds shall be made available under this Act unless matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the county of Hawaii for the purpose for which the sums are appropriated.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the county of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 4.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to supply each county fire station in the city and county of Honolulu with emergency provisions of food and water to sustain firefighters on a fully-staffed shift for seven days; provided that no funds shall be made available under this Act unless matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the city and county of Honolulu for the purpose for which the sums are appropriated.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the city and county of Honolulu for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 5.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to supply each county fire station in the county of Kauai with emergency provisions of food and water to sustain firefighters on a fully-staffed shift for seven days; provided that no funds shall be made available under this Act unless matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the county of Kauai for the purpose for which the sums are appropriated.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the county of Kauai for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 6.  There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $         or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2017-2018 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2018-2019 to supply each county fire station in the county of Maui with emergency provisions of food and water to sustain firefighters on a fully-staffed shift for seven days; provided that no funds shall be made available under this Act unless matched on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the county of Maui for the purpose for which the sums are appropriated.

     The sums appropriated shall be expended by the county of Maui for the purposes of this Act.

     SECTION 7.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2099.



 

Report Title:

Firefighters; Emergency Provisions; Appropriation

 

Description:

Appropriates funds to supply emergency, seven-day provisions of food and water for state and county firefighters while they serve at fire stations; provided that a county provides matching funds for provisions for its firefighters.  (HB1197 HD1)

 

 

 

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