Senate File 2108

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HOSCH


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to a state hazardous materials response teams
  2    commission.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5622XS 80
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  1  1    Section 1.  STATE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAMS
  1  2 COMMISSION == REPORT.
  1  3    1.  The department of natural resources shall form a state
  1  4 hazardous materials response teams commission consisting of
  1  5 representatives from the department of natural resources, the
  1  6 state department of transportation, the homeland security and
  1  7 emergency management division of the department of public
  1  8 defense, the Iowa firemen's association, the Iowa association
  1  9 of professional fire chiefs, and the Iowa professional
  1 10 firefighters.  The commission shall study the issue of state
  1 11 hazardous materials response teams and develop findings and
  1 12 recommendations.  The findings and recommendations shall
  1 13 include, at a minimum, all of the following:
  1 14    a.  A proposed plan, including a time table, for
  1 15 implementing state hazardous materials response teams.
  1 16    b.  A proposed budget for implementing state hazardous
  1 17 materials response teams.
  1 18    c.  An analysis of the costs and benefits of implementing
  1 19 state hazardous materials response teams.
  1 20    2.  By December 15, 2004, the department of natural
  1 21 resources shall submit a report to the governor and the
  1 22 general assembly regarding the findings and recommendations of
  1 23 the state hazardous materials response teams commission.  At a
  1 24 minimum, the report shall consist of the findings and
  1 25 recommendations of the commission provided for in subsection
  1 26 1.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill relates to a state hazardous materials response
  1 29 teams commission.
  1 30    The bill requires the department of natural resources to
  1 31 form a state hazardous materials response teams commission
  1 32 consisting of representatives from the department of natural
  1 33 resources, the state department of transportation, the
  1 34 homeland security and emergency management division of the
  1 35 department of public defense, the Iowa firemen's association,
  2  1 the Iowa association of professional fire chiefs, and the Iowa
  2  2 professional firefighters.  The bill provides that the
  2  3 commission shall study the issue of state hazardous materials
  2  4 response teams and develop findings and recommendations which
  2  5 shall include, at a minimum, a proposed plan, budget, and
  2  6 analysis of the costs and benefits for implementing state
  2  7 hazardous materials response teams.  The bill provides that,
  2  8 by December 15, 2004, the department of natural resources
  2  9 shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly
  2 10 regarding the findings and recommendations of the state
  2 11 hazardous materials response teams commission.
  2 12 LSB 5622XS 80
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