Text: HF00645 Text: HF00647 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. STUDY. 1 2 1. The director of transportation or the director's 1 3 designee shall convene a committee to study emergency response 1 4 activities and associated costs of responding to hazardous 1 5 incidents involving the transportation of hazardous substances 1 6 on the highways of this state. 1 7 2. The committee shall include all of the following: 1 8 a. The commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's 1 9 designee. 1 10 b. The director of the department of natural resources or 1 11 the director's designee. 1 12 c. A representative selected by the Iowa firemen's 1 13 association. 1 14 d. A representative selected by the Iowa association of 1 15 professional fire fighters. 1 16 e. A representative selected by the petroleum marketers of 1 17 Iowa. 1 18 f. A representative selected by the Iowa motor truck 1 19 association. 1 20 g. A representative selected by the agribusiness 1 21 association of Iowa. 1 22 h. A representative selected by the Iowa propane gas 1 23 association. 1 24 i. A representative selected by the Iowa state association 1 25 of counties. 1 26 j. A representative of the Iowa hazardous materials task 1 27 force. 1 28 3. The committee shall study and develop recommendations 1 29 on appropriate response levels to incidents involving 1 30 hazardous materials, duration of response, incident command 1 31 system at the scene of an incident involving the 1 32 transportation of hazardous materials on the highways of this 1 33 state, and measures to control the costs of responding to such 1 34 incidents. By January 1, 1998, the committee shall submit a 1 35 report to the general assembly which shall include, but not be 2 1 limited to, recommendations by the committee relating to the 2 2 areas of study enumerated in this subsection. 2 3 EXPLANATION 2 4 This bill provides that the director of transportation 2 5 convene a committee of designated representatives of various 2 6 associations and state agencies to study emergency response 2 7 activities and associated costs of responding to hazardous 2 8 incidents involving the transportation of hazardous 2 9 substances. The bill provides the committee shall submit a 2 10 report by January 1, 1998, to the general assembly on its 2 11 findings and recommendations. 2 12 LSB 2013HV 77 2 13 tm/jj/8
Text: HF00645 Text: HF00647 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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