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HI SB346
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to compile a list of evacuation routes by January 1, 2020, and update it no less than every five years thereafter.
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Prohibits planting large trees (those with single trunks that will exceed 15 feet in height) within 15 feet of evacuation route roadways beginning July 1, 2020.
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Mandates the agency establish a registry of existing large trees within 15 feet of evacuation routes by January 1, 2021, and update it on an ongoing basis.
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Authorizes the agency to trim, spray, remove large trees, or order landowners to do so if trees pose potential obstruction to evacuation routes during emergencies.
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Appropriates funds to the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to implement the act; effective date is July 1, 2050.
Legislative Description
Relating To Disaster Preparedness.
Appropriation ($)
Last Action
The committee(s) on PVM recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
3/13/2019