HB267 Alabama 2014 Session

This bill would authorize radio stations, cable operators, and television stations, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, to develop plans to prepare and respond to emergencies or disasters. The bill would authorize broadcasters to be certified by the Department of Homeland Security as emergency response broadcasters and would authorize emergency response broadcasters to have access to areas affected by emergencies or disasters in order to restore broadcasting capability and provide information related to an emergency or disaster to the public

Relating to radio and television stations and cable operators; to authorize planning for responding to emergencies or disasters by broadcasters and the certifying of trained emergency response broadcasters by the Department of Homeland Security; and to authorize access to emergency or disaster areas by emergency response broadcasters to restore broadcasting capability and to transmit emergency public information.