AB736: Bill Text

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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE

2007 Assembly BILL 736

January 29, 2008 - Introduced by Representatives Ballweg, Albers, Benedict, Berceau, Hahn, Jeskewitz, Molepske, Sinicki and Turner, cosponsored by Senators Robson, Hansen, Lassa, Schultz and Taylor. Referred to Committee on Homeland Security and State Preparedness.

AB736,1,3 An Act to amend 166.03 (2) (a) 3. and 166.22 (1) (c); and to create 166.02 (7m) of the statutes; relating to: standards for emergency management programs for public works departments.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, the adjutant general is required to furnish guidance and promulgate standards for emergency management programs of local governments. The current law requires the standards to include the use of the incident command system during an emergency, and requires the standards for fire, rescue, and emergency medical services to include the adoption of the Mutual Box Alarm System for deploying personnel and equipment during an emergency.

This bill requires the standards for public works agencies to include a suggestion that those agencies adopt the mutual assistance agreement created by the division of emergency management for the intergovernmental collaboration of public works personnel and equipment during an emergency.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB736, s. 1 Section 1. 166.02 (7m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB736,2,2 166.02 (7m) "Public works" means the physical structures and facilities developed or acquired by a city, village, town, county, or Native American tribe or band to provide services and functions for the benefit and use of the public, including water, sewerage services, waste disposal, power, and transportation.

AB736, s. 2 Section 2. 166.03 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:

AB736,2,19 166.03 (2) (a) 3. Furnish guidance and develop and promulgate standards for emergency management programs for counties, cities, villages, and towns, and prescribe nomenclature for all levels of emergency management. The standards shall include a requirement that county, city, village, and town emergency management programs under sub. (4) (a) utilize the incident command system during a state of emergency declared under sub. (1) (b) 1. or s. 166.23 (1) or in any other multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response. The standards for fire, rescue, and emergency medical services shall include the adoption of the intergovernmental cooperation Mutual Aid Box Alarm System as a mechanism that may be used for deploying personnel and equipment in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response. The standards for agencies that manage public works shall include the suggestion that the city, village, town, county, or Native American tribe or band adopt a mutual assistance agreement created by the division for the intergovernmental collaboration of public works personnel, equipment, and resources in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response. The adjutant general shall promulgate these standards as rules.

AB736, s. 3 Section 3. 166.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB736,3,2 166.22 (1) (c) "Local agency" means an agency of a county, city, village, or town, or county, including a municipal police or fire department, a municipal health organization, a county office of emergency management, a county sheriff, an emergency medical service, a local emergency response team, or a an agency that manages public works department.

AB736,3,3 (End)