HB382 Alabama 2013 Session

This bill would codify the establishment of the Alabama Drought Assessment and Planning Team created by the Governor's June 24, 2011, Executive Order Number 19, and provide for its membership, duties, responsibilities, and powers

This bill would establish the Monitoring and Impacts Group Subcommittee and provide for its membership, duties, responsibilities, and powers

This bill would codify the charges given to the Alabama Office of Water Resources which is a division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, with the responsibility of developing a State Drought Plan and periodically issuing drought declarations

The bill would reaffirm the Governor's ability to respond to extreme drought conditions under the powers provided under the Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955

This bill would allow the Office of Water Resources to promulgate rules

Relating to droughts; to codify the establishment of the Alabama Drought Assessment and Planning Team created by the Governor's June 24, 2011, Executive Order Number 19, and provide for its membership, duties, responsibilities, and powers; to establish the Monitoring and Impacts Group Subcommittee and provide for its membership, duties, responsibilities, and powers; to codify the charges given to the Alabama Office of Water Resources which is a division of the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs, with the responsibility of developing a State Drought Plan and periodically issuing drought declarations; to reaffirm the Governor's ability to respond to extreme drought conditions under the powers provided under the Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955; and to allow the Office of Water Resources to promulgate rules.