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34		-	BILL NO. 3820 By: Sims and Alonso-Sandoval of
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	29	+	BILL NO. 3820 By: Sims of the House
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45	40		An Act relating to public safety; creating the
46	41		Oklahoma Disaster Resilience Act; amending 63 O.S.
47	42		2021, Section 683.6, which relates to haz ard
48	43		mitigation; creating the Interagency Resilience
49	44		Coordination Council; directing the Oklahoma
50	45		Department of Emergency Management lead Council;
51	46		directing each agency director designate a resilienc e
52	47		officer; directing each presiding offic er of the
53	48		Legislature designate a resilience officer; directing
54	49		the Chief Justice of the Oklaho ma Supreme Court
55	50		designate a resilience officer; directing resilience
56	51		officers coordinate with Oklahoma Department of
57	52		Emergency Management an d serve on Interagency
58	53		Resilience Coordination Council; establishing
59	54		Council; providing details of meetings of Council;
60	55		directing Council to make recommendations and render
61	56		assistance; directing Department of Emergency
62	57		Management to serve a le ad resilience office;
63	58		defining resilience; directi ng the Department of
64	59		Emergency Management to ca rry out certain duties;
65	60		directing the Department of Emergenc y Management to
66	61		develop a strategic statewide resilience repor t;
67	62		providing required information; directing for report
68	63		to be updated; directing report be submitted by
69	64		certain date annually; establishing the Oklahoma
70	65		Resilience Task Force; directing that the task force
71	66		be composed of certain members; directing for
72	67		meetings; directing that the Department of Emergenc y
73	68		Management submit initial state wide resilience
74	69		report; providing for codification; providing an
75	70		effective date; and declaring an emergency .
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107	99		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
108	100		SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
109	101		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 696.1 of Title 63, unless there
110	102		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
111	103		This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma
112	104		Natural Disaster Protection and Preparedness Act ".
113	105		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 683.6, is
114	106		amended to read as follows:
115	107		Section 683.6 A. There is hereby created the State Hazard
116	108		Mitigation Team Interagency Resilience Coordination Council,
117	109		composed of the administrative heads of the following agencies or
118	110		their designees and led by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency
119	111		Management:
120	112		1. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management, who shall serve
121	113		as the Team Coordinator ;
122	114		2. Oklahoma Water Resources Board;
123	115		3. Oklahoma Climatological Survey;
124	116		4. Oklahoma Conservation Commission;
125	117		5. Corporation Commission;
126	118		6. Oklahoma Department of Commerce;
127	119		7. Department of Environmental Quality;
128	120		8. Department of Human Services;
	121	+	9. State Department of Health;
	122	+	10. Department of Transportation;
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158	149		11. Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry or
159	150		the Secretary of Agriculture;
160	151		12. Department of Wildlife Conservation;
161	152		13. Oklahoma Historical Society;
162	153		14. Oklahoma Insurance Department;
163	154		15. Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma;
164	155		16. Oklahoma Municip al League;
165	156		17. State Fire Marshal;
166	157		18. Department of Labor;
167	158		19. A local Emergency Management Director as determined by the
168	159		President of the Oklaho ma Emergency Managem ent Association;
169	160		20. State Chancellor or his or her representative for The
170	161		Oklahoma State System of Higher Education; and
171	162		21. State Director or his or her representative for the
172	163		Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
173	164		1. Each agency director in the executive branch of state
174	165		government shall designate at leas t one person to serve as the
175	166		agency's resilience officer and shall transmi t the name and contact
176	167		information of each designee to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency
177	168		Management and shall notify the Oklahoma Department of Emergency
178	169		Management of any change in the name or contact information of a
179	170		designee within ten (10) days;
	171	+	2. Each presiding officer of the Legislature shall designate at
	172	+	least one person to serve as the Legislature's resilience officer
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207		-	2. Each presiding officer of the Legislature shall designate at
208		-	least one person to serve as the Legislature's resilience officer
209	199		and shall transmit the name and contact information of each designee
210	200		to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and shall notify
211	201		Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management of any change in the
212	202		name or contact information of a desi gnee within ten (10) days;
213	203		3. The Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court shall
214	204		designate at least one person to serve as the judiciary's resilience
215	205		officer and shall transmit the name and contact information of each
216	206		designee to the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and
217	207		shall notify the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Managem ent of any
218	208		change in the name or contact information of a designee within ten
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220	210		4. The agency resilience officers shall coordinate activities
221	211		with the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management as necessary
222	212		and shall serve on the Interagency Res ilience Coordination Council
223	213		as provided in this section of this act.
224	214		B. Depending on the circumstances, the Team Coordinator may
225	215		request participation of the heads of any other state agencies as
226	216		deemed appropriate.
227	217		C. The Team Coordinator shall also req uest that a
228	218		representative of the United States Army Corps of Engineer s be
229	219		appointed by the administrative head of the Tulsa District to
230	220		participate on the Team.
	221	+	D. The Team Coordinator shall also request a representative of
	222	+	the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development be appointed by
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260	249		the administrative head of the Oklahoma City office to participate
261	250		on the team.
262	251		E. The State Hazard Mitigation Team will meet as determined by
263	252		the Team Coordinator to review and recommend updates to the State
264	253		Comprehensive All-hazard Mitigation Plan, and shall have those
265	254		additional responsibilities as provided by t he Team Coordinator,
266	255		including, but not limited to, the review and r ecommendation for
267	256		loan and grant application under the Oklahoma Flood Hazard
268	257		Mitigation Program.
269	258		B. The Interagency Resilience Coordination Council is
270	259		established to maintain awareness, communication, and alignment with
271	260		regard to the state's resilience and risk mitigation needs,
272	261		progress, and priorities, and to oversee development of the
273	262		statewide resilience report.
274	263		C. The Council shall be comprised of the resilience officers
275	264		from each state agency. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency
276	265		Management shall serve as the chair.
277	266		D. The Council shall meet upon the call of the chair, with a
278	267		minimum of four meetings annually.
279	268		E. The Council shall make recommendations to and render
280	269		assistance and guidance to agenci es in the development o f strategic
281	270		plans for resilience.
	271	+	F. The Council will meet annually to:
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310	298		1. Review and recommend updates to state mitigation and
311	299		resilience planning efforts;
312	300		2. Provide support and assistance in the preparation and
313	301		maintenance of the State Hazard Mitigation Pla n as required by the
314	302		federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, U.S.C 5121 , et seq., which
315	303		requires all states to adopt and maintain a Federal Emergency
316	304		Management Agency-approved State Hazard Mitigation Plan as a
317	305		prerequisite for receiving federal disaster assistance under the
318	306		Stafford Act; provided, however, the Oklahoma Department of
319	307		Emergency Management shall be responsible for day to day execution
320	308		of the Plan.
321	309		SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
322	310		in the Oklahoma Statutes as S ection 696.2 of Title 63, unless there
323	311		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
324	312		A. This act hereby instructs the Oklahoma Department of
325	313		Emergency Management to serve as the lead resilience office fo r the
326	314		state and to perform the functions and duties provided in this act.
327	315		B. For purposes of this ac t, the term "resilience" shall mean a
328	316		capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from
329	317		significant multi-hazard threats with minimal damage to social wel l-
330	318		being, the economy, infrastructure, and the environment.
	319	+	SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law t o be codified
	320	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 696.3 of Title 63, unless there
	321	+	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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358		-	SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
359		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 696.3 of Title 63, unless there
360		-	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
361	348		The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall :
362	349		1. Coordinate and provide strategic direction f or government
363	350		resilience initiatives in order to build long-term resilience for a
364	351		robust, vibrant economic activity and a sustainable natural
365	352		environment for Oklahoma residents ;
366	353		2. Designate a resilience officer within the agency;
367	354		3. Provide technical guidance to agencies, as well as local and
368	355		regional jurisdictions, to integrate statewide resilience goals into
369	356		future projects, plans, and programs ;
370	357		4. Review and reconcile sta te agency comments on federally
371	358		sponsored resilience and risk mitigation activities to establish and
372	359		present an official state position;
373	360		5. Pursue all available federal and private funds consistent
374	361		with the purposes of this act ; and
375	362		6. Appraise the adequacy of statutory and administr ative
376	363		mechanisms for coordinati ng the state's policies and programs at
377	364		both the intrastate and interstate levels with respect to resilience
378	365		and risk mitigation;
379	366		7. Appraise the adequacy of federal, re gional, state, and local
380	367		programs to achieve the policies and meet the goals of the st ate
381	368		with respect to resilience and risk mitigation;
	369	+	8. Coordinate and focus federal involvement in Oklahoma with
	370	+	respect to resilience and risk mitigation;
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409		-	8. Coordinate and focus federal involvement in Oklahoma with
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411	397		9. Provide official state recommendations to the Legislature
412	398		and United States Congress with respect to policies, programs, and
413	399		coordinating mechanisms relative to resilience and risk mitigation;
414	400		10. Assist with the state 's planning efforts to ensure the
415	401		incorporation and alignment of the state's resilience goals and
416	402		objectives into a unified, proactive, pre-disaster approach to
417	403		adaptation and long-term resilience;
418	404		11. Represent the resilience and risk mitigation poli cy of the
419	405		state at the federal, regional, state, and local levels; and.
420	406		12. Integrate resilience into pre -disaster planning and post-
421	407		disaster recovery.
422	408		SECTION 5. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
423	409		in the Oklahoma Statu tes as Section 696.4 of Title 63, unless there
424	410		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as fol lows:
425	411		A. To coordinate and strengthen efforts to reduce losses from
426	412		future disasters across the state, the Oklahoma Department of
427	413		Emergency Management shall contribute to all statewide planning
428	414		efforts related to resilience and risk mitigation and shall develop
429	415		a strategic statewide resilience report to p rotect the state from
430	416		multiple threats. The report shall include, but is not limited to,
431	417		the following:
432	418		1. Articulation of the state's resilience goals and objectives;
	419	+	2. Utilization of best available science, including a range of
	420	+	future projections, to identify and implement policies, projects,
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461		-	future projections, to identify and implement policies, projects,
462	447		and programs that achieve the state's resilience goals and
463	448		objectives;
464	449		3. Prioritization of agency-identified adaptation actions based
465	450		on a vulnerability assessment of risks to agency mission areas,
466	451		assets, services, and populations serve d from multiple environmental
467	452		threats;
468	453		4. Descriptions of agency strategic actions; and
469	454		5. Progress on activities identified in th e State Hazard
470	455		Mitigation Plan.
471	456		B. The statewide resilience report shall be updated every year
472	457		with the latest available science and updated conditions.
473	458		C. The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall submit
474	459		the annual statewide resilie nce report to the Legislature by
475	460		November 15 every year.
476	461		SECTION 6. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
477	462		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 696.5 of Title 63, unless there
478	463		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
479	464		A. There is hereby established the Oklahoma R esilience Task
480	465		Force to provide strategic direction to resilience efforts across
481	466		the state.
482	467		B. The task force shall be composed of the following members:
	468	+	1. The Director of the Oklah oma Department of Emergency
	469	+	Management, who shall serve as chair and shall represent the views
	470	+	of the Interagency Resilience Coordination Council;
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510		-	1. The Director of the Oklahoma Department of Emergency
511		-	Management, who shall serve as chair and shall represent the views
512		-	of the Interagency Resilien ce Coordination Council;
513	497		2. The Insurance Commissioner or their designee;
514	498		3. The Secretary of the Department of Transportation or their
515	499		designee;
516	500		4. The Chair of the Oklahoma Corpora tion Commission or their
517	501		designee;
518	502		5. The President of the Association of County Commissioners of
519	503		Oklahoma or their designee;
520	504		6. The Executive Director of the Oklahoma Municipal League or
521	505		their designee;
522	506		7. The Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives or
523	507		their designee;
524	508		8. The President pro-tempore of the Oklahoma State Senate or
525	509		their designee;
526	510		9. The Chancellor of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
527	511		Education or their designee; and
528	512		10. The Chair may appoint additional membership from state ,
529	513		local, tribal governments, the private sector, non-governmental
530	514		organizations, and advisors from Federal agencies to serve on the
531	515		task force and shall incorporate State, local, and tribal government
532	516		and private sector input in the development and revision of the
533	517		State Hazard Mitigation Plan and other related plans and strategies.
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563	546		SECTION 7. NEW LAW A new section of law to be cod ified
564	547		in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 696.6 of Title 63, unless there
565	548		is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
566	549		The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management shall submit the
567	550		initial statewide resilience report to the Legislature by October 1,
568	551		2025, and the chief resilience officer shall convene the first
569	552		meeting of the Interagency Resilience Coordination Council no later
570	553		than October 1, 2024.
571	554		SECTION 8. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
572	555		SECTION 9. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
573	556		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
574	557		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
575	558		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
576		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY
577		-	April 4, 2024 - DO PASS
	559	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2024.
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