Video & Transcript Research : 'disaster response'

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TX

Texas 89th Regular

Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs Mar 3rd, 2025

Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs

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  • The Texas A&M currently uses a database that tracks emergency response equipment and fire stations across
  • state water supply infrastructure, treatment, groundwater and surface water management, drought response
TX
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  • school and out of ambulance rides. and emergency departments while keeping parents informed and responsible
  • If the funding was available, we'd like to further improve cardiac response by adding more.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • in the wake of some of the disasters that. a devastating social cost.
  • I hear consistent, logical responses from ERCOT.
  • And they've taken on that responsibility.
  • We can update for the capital response.
  • Responses, planning frameworks, and custodial services.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

State Affairs Mar 26th, 2025

State Affairs

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  • We can certainly look into that further and make sure that that would be a trailing responsibility of
  • There should have been a federal responsibility.
  • The responsibility of securing that border lies with the federal system.
  • It's our responsibility to ensure they receive the support and compensation that they're entitled to.
  • This responsibility lies not with the landowners themselves, but with the lessees of the property.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

House Energy Finance and Policy Committee 2/24/26

Energy Finance and Policy

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  • You see demand response and virtual power plants.
  • You see demand response and virtual power plants.
  • You see demand response and virtual power plants.
  • So, I think it is our responsibility as a monopoly provider to say we demand a bit more of you.
  • and we can give hold that response and we can give ahead?
Bills: HF2986, HF3555
HI

Hawaii 2026 Regular Session

WAL Public Hearing - Thu Feb 12, 2026 @ 9:00 AM HST

Water & Land

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  • So I'll have to be very careful with any responses. wrote it. We bypassed 343.
  • be very careful with any responses. be very careful with any responses.
  • <01:20:10.320> with the council who are responsible with the council who are responsible with
  • and decentralization of responsibilities and decentralization of responsibilities responsibilities responsibilities
  • <02:38:23.200> with capacity and being responsible with capacity and being responsible with
Summary: The committee heard testimony on HB 1846, relating to shoreline mitigation districts. DLNR and the Office of Planning opposed the bill, arguing it would improperly shift regulatory roles between the agencies and prioritize private land interests over public trust and natural and historic resources. Supporters, including the Shoreline Preservation Coalition, Kahana Bay residents, and Hawaii Realtors, said regional planning is needed to address severe erosion, especially in Kahana, and that better coordination between state and county agencies could help move stalled projects forward. Testifiers emphasized that shoreline conditions vary by area and that science-based, region-specific solutions are needed. Members asked questions about whether existing law already allows regional planning and emergency shoreline responses. DLNR said it already has authority to process regional projects and cited an existing draft EIS for Kahana Bay that would proceed through normal permitting and public hearing channels. Supporters responded that the bill would provide a clearer regional planning framework and help communities facing urgent erosion impacts. No vote was taken on HB 1846 in the portion provided. The committee then took up HB 2205, relating to emergency erosion mitigation. DLNR opposed the bill, saying it already has authority to issue emergency permits and had recently done so quickly for a collapsed sidewalk at Queen Surf Beach, and warning that the bill’s language could weaken Act 16 by changing a prohibition on shoreline hardening to a requirement to merely minimize it. Kahana Bay representatives and other supporters argued the bill would create a limited, regulated short-term pathway for emergency shoreline solutions while long-term plans are developed, and said current permits have expired or stalled, leaving dangerous sandbags and no practical relief. Additional testimony from a private homeowner stressed that erosion is threatening homes and that private owners are often bearing the cost of protecting public shoreline access. The discussion remained focused on balancing emergency protection, public access, and long-term shoreline management, and no final action was taken in the excerpt provided.
TX

Texas 89th 2nd C.S.

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

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  • Well, this bill may seem focused on it, uh, the commissioners for Galveston County Ports, uh, Are responsible
  • That structure ensures both local accountability and statewide responsibility, given the hundreds of
  • Text to make a reasonable effort to locate and notify property owners by personal delivery if no response
  • Post-it note, something that would have informed us that this was happening when they didn't get any response
  • How, how was the responsiveness of that? Um, I, I, I'd say it was OK.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Transportation Apr 24th, 2025

Transportation

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  • of response.
  • It is about the response. And if you're on the main toll.
  • And while HECTRA contracts with constables for police response...
  • Didn't do those bonds, didn't take on that responsibility.
  • Declare disasters. Oh, absolutely.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Local Government Apr 14th, 2025

Local Government

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  • as opposed to a macro disaster.
  • Who's responsible for the audit?
  • and recovering from disaster.
  • The new disaster debris rate uses an estimated disaster debris cost from FEMA.
  • State and local governments must take a greater role in budgeting for disaster mitigation and response
Summary: The committee heard several local government and property tax bills, with most testimony focused on appraisal disputes, tax administration, and development rules. Senate Bill 1052 by Senator Hinojosa would address coastal county appraisal litigation by requiring property owners in certain large-value disputes to report an uncontested taxable value while appeals are pending, so taxing units can base truth-in-taxation calculations on more realistic revenue. Nueces County, Del Mar College, and Corpus Christi ISD testified in support, describing major budget shortfalls caused by refinery valuation disputes; the committee substitute narrowed and clarified the bill’s scope. No opposition was heard, public testimony closed, and SB 1052 was left pending. The committee also heard Senate Bill 1531, which would require local tax collectors to accept common electronic property tax payments such as credit cards, debit cards, and e-checks. Witnesses supported modernizing payment options and the committee substitute removed ACH/electronic funds transfer language to avoid bank-account disclosure concerns. Public testimony closed and the bill was left pending. Senate Bill 325, by Senator Perry, would restore platting and groundwater-certification requirements that were unintentionally weakened by prior legislation; supporters from county government, water groups, and builders’ representatives debated whether the real issue was groundwater protection or road standards for private roads. The bill was left pending after extensive testimony and no vote. The committee then took up Senate Bill 994 and SJR 46, which would exempt certain livestock feed inventory from property tax and provide the constitutional amendment needed for that change. Feed store and Farm Bureau witnesses supported the measure as relief for seasonal inventory taxes, and the bills were left pending. Senator Paxton presented SB 467 and SJR 84 to create a temporary property tax exemption for homes completely destroyed by fire, with refunds or corrected bills based on the date of loss; both were left pending. SB 1237 would clarify charitable property tax exemptions for senior housing and retirement communities, with testimony from Catholic and Baptist retirement organizations and a resident describing rising costs and exemption revocations; it was also left pending. The committee later voted 6-0 to report SB 2073, a pending bill on appraisal district authority to purchase or finance real property, and recommended it for the local and uncontested calendar. Finally, the committee heard SB 2172, SB 2173, and SB 2063, all related to property tax administration. SB 2172 would limit when appraisal districts can require homeowners to reapply for homestead exemptions, requiring a specific reason and written notice; SB 2173 would protect new homeowners from surprise tax liabilities caused by prior owners’ erroneous homestead exemptions, with testimony describing large back-assessment bills; both were left pending. SB 2063 would bar appraisal districts from using market-value evidence in unequal appraisal protests, and testimony sharply divided between taxpayer advocates, who said market data improperly overwhelms equity claims, and appraisal district representatives, who argued market value is inherently tied to equal-and-uniform taxation and cited a recent Texas Supreme Court decision; the bill was left pending after testimony.
LA

Louisiana 2026 Regular Session

Finance May 21st, 2026

Finance

Transcript Highlights:
  • expenses to DCFS, $8 million for offender medical expenses incurred by DOC, $3.5 million for various disaster
  • DOC, $3.5 million for various disaster close-out costs, and $1.5 million for the state's cost share for
  • Deposits $56 million of excess funds in the various funds, mainly in the State Emergency Response Fund
  • It makes adjustments to the self-insured fund allocation caps and the fiscal responsibility measures.
TX
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  • One of the Commission's responsibilities is to oversee the Defense Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant
  • evaluate these grant applications. moves the panel of Governor's Office employees and places responsibility
  • mandates that certain critical infrastructure facilities provide standardized, detailed emergency response
  • I believe in our response, we had mentioned that we don't typically administer grants today, so it would
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Delivery of Government Efficiency Mar 19th, 2025

Delivery of Government Efficiency

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  • As the DOJ committee our name carries a responsibility.
  • This bill doesn't have any fiscal note, and I look forward to a favorable response.
  • And similar to DIR, the cyber response hotline and these response programs would be administered and
  • HHSC works hard to ensure that we are responsible stewards of state resources.
  • And so, you know, it seems like that's responsible. Yes.
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services May 12th, 2025

Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

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  • A school district or city, I suppose, who's been very, very fiscally responsible and has very low debt
  • One thing I might offer in response is... is that the taxing unit has the ability to go back to voters
  • Those are just two things that I'd offer up in response, and I want to thank you for your time.
  • A responsible, well-planned local infrastructure investment is crucial.
  • One to finance the cleanup, mitigation, or remediation of a natural disaster.
Bills: SB512, SB1024