HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

318

TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011

H.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO VOG.

 

 

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

 


     SECTION 1.  (a)  There shall be established within the civil defense division of the department of defense an interagency volcanic activity task force.  The task force shall review the effects of volcanic activity, particularly the effects and impact of vog, on human health, school children, agriculture, farm and ranch animals, public infrastructure, the visitor industry, and any other issue the task force deems necessary.  The task force shall develop a plan and make recommendations to the legislature on addressing any issue the task force determines is feasible to address pursuant to this Act.  The task force may adopt resolutions encompassing any issue being reviewed by the task force and may forward these resolutions to any federal, state, or county agency for appropriate action.

     (b)  The interagency volcanic activity task force shall meet bi-monthly on Hawaii island at a place and time to be determined by the chair of the task force.  Meeting notices shall be posted by the task force as required under chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and public testimony at meetings shall be accepted by the task force.  The task force shall be dissolved on June 30, 2013.

     (c)  The civil defense division of the department of defense shall provide administrative support, including the recording of minutes, to the interagency volcanic activity task force.

     (d)  The vice director of civil defense shall be the chair of the interagency volcanic activity task force.  The task force shall include the following members or their designees:

     (1)  The mayor of the county of Hawaii;

     (2)  The representative of the fourth representative district;

     (3)  The representative of the fifth representative district;

     (4)  The senator of the second senatorial district;

     (5)  Hawaii county council members representing lower Puna and Kau;

     (6)  The director of Hawaii county civil defense;

     (7)  The director of Hawaii county department of public works;

     (8)  The east Hawaii chair of the department of education;

     (9)  The chair of the board of agriculture;

    (10)  The chair of the board of land and natural resources;

    (11)  The chair of the east Hawaii regional board of the Hawaii health systems corporation;

    (12)  The manager of Kau hospital;

    (13)  A representative from the Hawaii Volcano Observatory; and

    (14)  The executive director of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau for the island of Hawaii.

     The members of the task force shall serve without compensation and all necessary expenses, including travel expenses, shall be paid by the agency, organization, or department to which the member belongs.

     (e)  The interagency volcanic activity task force shall submit a preliminary plan and strategy report to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2013.

     SECTION 2.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.

 


 


 

Report Title:

Health; Civil Defense; Agriculture; Volcanic Activity

 

Description:

Establishes a Volcanic Activity Task Force to discuss the impact of vog on the people of Hawaii and find ways to address these issues.  Effective July 1, 2050.  (HB318 HD1)

 

 

 

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