Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 127A · 35 active provisions
(a) Because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence of disasters or emergencies of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from natural or human-caused hazards, and in order to ensure that the preparations of this State will be adequate to deal with such disasters or emergencies; to ensure…
When used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Administrator" means the administrator of the Hawaii emergency management agency established by section 127A-3. "Agency" means the Hawaii emergency management agency established by section 127A-3. "Council" means the Hawaii advisory council on emergency…
(a) There is established within the department of defense the Hawaii emergency management agency. The adjutant general shall serve as the director of Hawaii emergency management and, subject to the direction and control of the governor, shall oversee the agency. (b) There shall be an administrator of emergency manageme…
There shall be a Hawaii advisory council on emergency management, which shall be attached to the agency for administrative purposes, and which shall consist of seven members nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor. The governor shall designate the chairperson of the co…
(a) The mayor of each county shall have direct responsibility for emergency management within the county, including the organization, administration, and operation of a county emergency management agency. (b) Each county emergency management agency shall perform emergency management functions within the territorial lim…
(a) The administrator may establish an emergency management reserve corps comprising trained specialists to support state and county emergency, disaster, or day-to-day requirements. The emergency management reserve corps may include: (1) Any employee of the State or county; (2) Any employee hired specifically for staff…
(a) The agency shall establish and operate a communications and warning center that shall be known as the state warning point. The state warning point shall be continually staffed by the agency to monitor warning systems and devices and shall have the ability to provide timely warning and notification to government off…
(a) All state and county officials, officers, and employees are considered "emergency workers" and shall perform functions as determined by their respective state or county department director during emergencies or disasters. (b) If any state or county official, officer, or employee is engaged in carrying out this chap…
(a) None of the following: (1) The State; (2) Any county; (3) Any owner or operator of a public utility or critical infrastructure facility; (4) Private-sector or nonprofit organizations; or (5) Except in cases of wilful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness, persons engaged in emergency management functions pu…
No organization for emergency management established under the authority of this chapter shall participate in any form of political activity, nor shall it be employed directly or indirectly for political purposes.
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, all of the powers conferred by this chapter are conferred on the governor or mayor, as applicable. The governor or mayor may delegate any of these powers to governmental, private-sector, and nonprofit agencies and organizations, officials, officers, employees, and other indiv…
(a) The governor or mayor, as applicable, may exercise the following powers pertaining to emergency management: (1) Prepare comprehensive plans and programs for the protection of the State or county against all hazards, which shall be integrated into and coordinated with the emergency management plans of the State, cou…
(a) In the event of a state of emergency declared by the governor pursuant to section 127A-14, the governor may exercise the following additional powers pertaining to emergency management during the emergency period: (1) Provide for and require the quarantine or segregation of persons who are affected with or believed…
(a) The governor may declare the existence of a state of emergency in the State by proclamation if the governor finds that an emergency or a disaster has occurred or that there is imminent danger or threat of an emergency or a disaster in any portion of the State. (b) A mayor may declare the existence of a local state…
(a) Every proclamation of the governor or mayor for which provision is made by this chapter, shall be promulgated by posting on the applicable state or county emergency management agency website and by means calculated to bring its contents to the attention of the general public, including by official announcement by m…
[Repeal and reenactment on July 1, 2026. L 2024, c 10, §17.] (a) The administrator shall submit requests to the legislature to appropriate from the general revenues of the State sufficient moneys as may be necessary for expenditure by or under the direction of the governor for immediate relief in response to an emergen…
(a) There is established in the state treasury the resilient Hawaii revolving loan fund, into which shall be deposited: (1) Funds from federal or private funding sources; (2) Moneys appropriated by the legislature to the fund; (3) Investment and interest earnings of the fund; (4) Moneys received as repayment of loans,…
(a) There shall be available for allotment by the governor under this chapter: (1) Any moneys appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, or reappropriated pursuant to subsection (b) and any unexpended moneys appropriated for emergency management or disaster relief or administration thereof by any act, but only with…
(a) Even in the absence of an emergency or disaster, the governor may authorize designated state employees, agents, contractors, or representatives to enter private property at reasonable times to mitigate situations deemed by the governor to be hazardous to the health and safety of the public; provided that this secti…
(a) There is established in the state treasury the hazard mitigation special fund, into which shall be deposited: (1) All revenues from any recovery or reimbursement pursuant to section 127A-18; (2) Appropriations made by the legislature for deposit into the fund; (3) All contributions from public or private partners;…
(a) The agency may establish guidelines for providing suitable arrangements and accommodations for the sheltering of the public and the sheltering of pet animals in public shelters under this chapter. (b) County emergency management agencies shall be responsible for identifying and operating locations and facilities su…
(a) Any individual, partnership, firm, society, unincorporated association, joint venture group, hui, joint stock company, corporation, trustee, personal representative, trust estate, decedent's estate, trust, or other legal entity whether doing business for itself or in a fiduciary capacity, owning or controlling real…
(a) The governor or mayor may requisition and take over any materials, facilities, or real property or improvements, required for the purposes of this chapter, or requisition and take over the temporary use thereof. The requisition shall be made by serving notice upon any person found in occupation of the premises or h…
(a) Whenever the governor or mayor requisitions and takes over any property or the temporary use thereof, the owner, or other person entitled thereto, shall be paid as compensation for the property or use, such sum as the governor or mayor determines to be fair and just, within twenty days after it has been requisition…
The governor or mayor, as applicable, shall appoint a board of three disinterested certified appraisers with whom may be filed any claim for damages arising out of any failure to return private property, the temporary use of which was requisitioned, or which was leased, or any claim for damages arising out of the condi…