HCSHB2328--EMERGENCYMANAGEMENT
SPONSOR: Riggs
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPasswithHCS"bytheStanding
CommitteeonConservationandNaturalResourcesbyavoteof19to
0.
ThefollowingisasummaryoftheHouseCommitteeSubstituteforHB
2328.
ThisbillspecifiesthattheStateEmergencyManagementAgency
(SEMA)mayenterintocontractswiththeU.S.ArmyCorpsof
EngineerstoleaseanydredgingequipmentownedbytheCorpsthat
isnotbeingcurrentlyusedinordertodredgesiltfromports,
riversandstreamsforfloodpreventionpurposes.
Thebillalsoaddsruralelectriccooperativestotheagenciesand
organizationsthattheGovernormayexpendfundsfromtheMissouri
DisasterFundforintheeventofanemergencyordisaster.
ThisbillissimilartoHB827(2021).
Thefollowingisasummaryofthepublictestimonyfromthe
committeehearing. Thetestimonywasbasedontheintroduced
versionofthebill.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatin2019manycountiesinthestate
experiencedcatastrophicfloodingthatcouldhavebeenhelpedby
routinedredging. DredgingusedtobeafunctionoftheCorpsof
EngineersbutthemissionoftheCorpshasexpandedanditisnot
keepingupwiththedredging. ThisbillwouldallowSEMAto
contractwiththeCorpstouseitsequipmenttohelpdredgerivers
inthestatetoreduceflooding.
TestifyingforthebillwasRepresentative Riggs.Additional
writtentestimonywassubmittedinsupportofthebill.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonycanbefoundunderTestimonyonthebillpageon
theHousewebsite.