Bill Summary for H 814 (2023-2024)

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Apr 21 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 814 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 18, 2023
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT AND OTHER PROVISIONS GOVERNING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
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Amends GS 166A-19.12 (Powers of Emergency Management) to remove subdivision (4), which permits the Division of Emergency Management (DEM) to establish a voluntary model registry for identification of functionally and medically fragile persons in need of assistance during an emergency. Changes “operations center” to “watch center” in subdivision (16). Adds new subdivision (26), permitting DEM to contract for services from vendors specializing in (1) repair, replacement, construction, or improvements on infrastructure (as defined) or equipment on private residential structures or public structures damaged as a result of hazard mitigation and (2) construction or improvement of infrastructure to support hazard mitigation on private residential structures and public structures for the purpose of implementing hazard mitigation programs. Adds new subdivision (27), requiring DEM to establish a statewide interoperability coordinator for voice and data interoperability programs and initiatives. Adds new subdivision (28), requiring DEM to support local, regional, state, and federal disaster communications planning and responses. 

Repeals GS 102-1.1. (Name and description in relation to 1983 North American Datum). Adds new GS 102-1.2 (Name and description in relation to the North American Terrestrial Reference Frame of 2022), requiring the North Carolina Geodetic Survey Section (NCGS) of DEM to use the updated 2022 reference frame from the National Geodetic Survey and sets out related provisions for the use of the reference frame. Adds new GS 102-1.3 (Name and description of future horizontal and vertical reference frames) granting the NCGS the authority to use any updated changes or adjustments to the 2022 reference frame from the National Geodetic Survey and adopt rules, regulations, and specifications for future reference frames. Amends GS 102-11 (Vertical control) to grant NCGS the authority to determine the official vertical datum used in North Carolina. 

Amends GS 153A-18 (Uncertain or disputed boundary) to make NCGS the authoritative source for county and state boundary information, and to permit the use of light detection and ranging in the establishment of county boundaries. Requires the map showing county boundaries and monuments to also contain county boundary metadata and State plane coordinates of all county boundary points information.

Creates new GS 166A-19.14A (North Carolina Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network records), allowing the DEM to make the list of individuals subscribing to the North Carolina Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network available for public inspection, and specifies the only purposes for which DEM may use the list. 

Reappropriates the funds allocated to DEM for the  GuardianAngel Emergency Management Personnel/Equipment Tracking Tool to DEM, the North Carolina National Guard, and other agencies for funding licenses and payment of vendor fees for personnel and equipment tracking capabilities. 

Amends GS 166A-69 (North Carolina Search and Rescue Team Advisory Committee) to add the North Carolina Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team to the list of entities from which a representative must be appointed to the committee. 

Permits DEM to use up to $200,000 of the recurring funds appropriated for the State Search and Rescue Program to support the transfer of two full-time positions from federal grant funding to support management of the program. 

Adds new subsection (b1) in GS 166A-29.1, creating the Hazardous Material Facility Account at the Department of Public Safety, where all funds collected from the hazardous materials facility fee charged under that statute will be credited. 

Amends GS 166A-61, subsection (a), to remove the specified requirements for the standards and guidelines for administration of the Emergency Management Certification Program by DEM.