HB 1248-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
08/10
HOUSE BILL 1248-FN
AN ACT relative to emergency management compacts.
SPONSORS: Rep. Peterson, Hills 19; Rep. Notter, Hills 19
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill removes Canada from the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and Northeastern American/Canadian Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2003
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to emergency management compacts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Northeastern American/Canadian Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Amend the chapter title of RSA 108 to read as follows:
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT
AND NORTHEASTERN AMERICAN[/CANADIAN] EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE COMPACT
2 Authority; Northeastern American/Canadian Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Amend RSA 108:1 to read as follows:
108:1 Authority. The Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as approved by the United States Congress, P.L. 104-321, hereinafter “EMAC,” [and the Northeastern American/Canadian Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as authorized by Article IV(c) of the 1986 Agreement between the United States and Canada on Cooperation in Comprehensive Emergency Planning and Management, hereinafter “NAEMAC,”] is made and entered into by and between the participating party jurisdictions. The state of New Hampshire, through its governor, duly authorized, solemnly agrees with any other jurisdiction which is or may become a signatory to [these compacts] the compact as provided herein.
3 Definitions; Northeastern American/Canadian Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Amend RSA 108:2 to read as follows:
108:2 Definitions. In this chapter:
I. “Party jurisdiction” as to EMAC means the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions and is intended to mean the same as “party state” in United States P.L. 104-321[; as to NAEMAC, party jurisdiction means the several northeastern states of the United States and the several eastern Canadian provinces].
II. “Governor” means the governor, premier or highest executive official of each party jurisdiction.
III. “Federal Government” means the government of the United States [and the government of Canada].
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
12-2003
10/26/11
HB 1248-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to emergency management compacts.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill will have an indeterminable impact on state, county, and local expenditures in FY 2013 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, or local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety states this bill removes Canada from the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and the Northeastern American/Canadian Emergency Management Assistance Compact. The Department states in a catastrophic emergency, under the current arrangement, New Hampshire may request resources from the other members of the compacts, including the eastern provinces of Canada, and vice versa. By eliminating Canada from these arrangements, the Department states this bill may cause the remaining members in these compacts, including all levels of government in New Hampshire, to cover more of the costs associated with potential catastrophes than they would have under the current arrangement, or the members may not be responsible for costs for which Canada would have requested resources under the current arrangement. The Department has no method for predicting the location, nature, or associated costs of future emergency catastrophes, so it cannot estimate the possible fiscal impact of the bill.