Senate
File
2137
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2137
BY
MATHIS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
establishment
of
a
uniform
statewide
1
emergency
outdoor
warning
system
task
force.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
UNIFORM
STATEWIDE
EMERGENCY
OUTDOOR
WARNING
1
SYSTEM
——
TASK
FORCE
ESTABLISHED.
2
1.
a.
The
director
of
the
department
of
homeland
security
3
and
emergency
management,
or
the
director’s
designee,
shall
4
convene
a
task
force
that
includes
members
representing
the
5
departments
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management,
6
public
defense,
public
safety,
and
education,
private
7
sector
meteorologists,
and
cities,
counties,
townships,
and
8
unincorporated
areas
of
varying
populations
and
geographic
9
areas
of
the
state.
The
objective
of
the
task
force
shall
be
to
10
establish
common
guidelines
across
the
state
for
the
activation
11
of
emergency
outdoor
warning
systems.
12
b.
The
task
force
shall
collect
and
analyze
data
relating
to
13
the
criteria
for
emergency
outdoor
warning
system
activation
14
and
the
extent
to
which
the
criteria
varies,
and
the
varying
15
procedures
for
activation
of
emergency
outdoor
warning
16
systems.
Based
on
this
analysis,
the
task
force
shall
develop
17
recommendations
for
standardizing
emergency
outdoor
warning
18
system
activation,
and
a
set
of
best
practices
regarding
the
19
operation
and
maintenance
of
such
systems.
20
2.
The
task
force
shall
submit
a
report
summarizing
its
21
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
and
the
general
22
assembly
by
January
1,
2015.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
establishes
a
uniform
statewide
emergency
outdoor
27
warning
system
task
force.
28
The
bill
requires
the
director
of
the
department
of
homeland
29
security
and
emergency
management,
or
the
director’s
designee,
30
to
convene
a
task
force
that
includes
members
representing
the
31
departments
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management,
32
public
defense,
public
safety,
and
education,
private
33
sector
meteorologists,
and
cities,
counties,
townships,
and
34
unincorporated
areas
of
varying
populations
and
geographic
35
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areas
of
the
state.
The
bill
provides
that
the
objective
of
1
the
task
force
shall
be
to
establish
common
guidelines
across
2
the
state
for
the
activation
of
emergency
outdoor
warning
3
systems.
4
The
task
force
is
charged
with
collecting
and
analyzing
data
5
relating
to
the
criteria
for
emergency
outdoor
warning
system
6
activation
and
the
extent
to
which
the
criteria
varies,
and
the
7
varying
procedures
for
activation
of
emergency
outdoor
warning
8
systems.
Based
on
this
analysis,
the
bill
requires
the
task
9
force
to
develop
recommendations
for
standardizing
emergency
10
outdoor
warning
system
activation,
and
a
set
of
best
practices
11
regarding
the
operation
and
maintenance
of
such
systems.
12
The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
submit
a
report
13
summarizing
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
14
and
the
general
assembly
by
January
1,
2015.
15
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