HI HB383

Counties may require developers of residential housing developments with 50 or more units to install tsunami warning sirens linked to the civil defense warning system within the development.

Counties may impose impact fees on developers of residential housing developments with fewer than 50 units for tsunami warning siren installation.

The Disability and Communication Access Board must identify internationally recognized symbols for emergency visual digital communications with persons who cannot understand written or verbal communications.

The Department of Defense supported the bill; the Disability and Communication Access Board submitted comments.

The Committee on Public Safety recommended the bill pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Housing and Water, Land, & Ocean Resources.