Senate
File
2303
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2303
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2137)
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
sector
7
meteorologists,
local
emergency
management
commissions
8
including
a
commission
which
utilizes
an
outdoor
warning
system
9
that
supports
a
nuclear
power
generation
facility,
and
cities,
10
counties,
townships,
and
unincorporated
areas
of
varying
11
populations
and
geographic
areas
of
the
state.
The
objective
12
of
the
task
force
shall
be
to
establish
common
guidelines
13
across
the
state
for
the
activation
of
emergency
outdoor
14
warning
systems.
15
b.
The
task
force
shall
collect
and
analyze
data
relating
to
16
the
criteria
for
emergency
outdoor
warning
system
activation
17
and
the
extent
to
which
the
criteria
varies,
and
the
varying
18
procedures
for
activation
of
emergency
outdoor
warning
19
systems.
Based
on
this
analysis,
the
task
force
shall
develop
20
recommendations
for
standardizing
emergency
outdoor
warning
21
system
activation,
and
a
set
of
best
practices
regarding
the
22
operation
and
maintenance
of
such
systems.
23
2.
The
task
force
shall
submit
a
report
summarizing
its
24
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
and
the
general
25
assembly
by
January
1,
2015.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
establishes
a
uniform
statewide
emergency
outdoor
30
warning
system
task
force.
31
The
bill
requires
the
director
of
the
department
of
homeland
32
security
and
emergency
management,
or
the
director’s
designee,
33
to
convene
a
task
force
that
includes
members
representing
the
34
departments
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management,
35
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public
defense,
public
safety,
and
education,
private
sector
1
meteorologists,
local
emergency
management
commissions
2
including
a
commission
which
utilizes
an
outdoor
warning
3
system
that
supports
a
nuclear
power
generation
facility,
4
and
cities,
counties,
townships,
and
unincorporated
areas
of
5
varying
populations
and
geographic
areas
of
the
state.
The
6
bill
provides
that
the
objective
of
the
task
force
shall
be
to
7
establish
common
guidelines
across
the
state
for
the
activation
8
of
emergency
outdoor
warning
systems.
9
The
task
force
is
charged
with
collecting
and
analyzing
data
10
relating
to
the
criteria
for
emergency
outdoor
warning
system
11
activation
and
the
extent
to
which
the
criteria
varies,
and
the
12
varying
procedures
for
activation
of
emergency
outdoor
warning
13
systems.
Based
on
this
analysis,
the
bill
requires
the
task
14
force
to
develop
recommendations
for
standardizing
emergency
15
outdoor
warning
system
activation,
and
a
set
of
best
practices
16
regarding
the
operation
and
maintenance
of
such
systems.
17
The
bill
requires
the
task
force
to
submit
a
report
18
summarizing
its
findings
and
recommendations
to
the
governor
19
and
the
general
assembly
by
January
1,
2015.
20
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