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Code · Hawaii · Hawaii Revised Statutes

CHAPTER 127A

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CHAPTER 127A
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Section
127A-1 Policy and purpose
127A-2 Definitions
127A-3 Hawaii emergency management agency
127A-4 Hawaii advisory council on emergency management
127A-5 County emergency management agency
127A-6 Emergency management reserve corps
127A-7 State warning point
127A-8 Status and rights of personnel
127A-9 Immunities; rights
127A-10 Political activity prohibited
127A-11 Powers on whom conferred; delegation of powers
127A-12 Emergency management powers, in general
127A-13 Additional powers in an emergency period
127A-14 State of emergency
127A-15 Proclamations, how made; service of papers
127A-16 Major disaster fund
127A-16.5 Resilient Hawaii revolving loan fund
127A-17 Allotments
127A-18 Mitigation of hazardous situations
127A-18.5 Hazard mitigation special fund
127A-19 Shelters
127A-20 Immunity from liability of private shelter
127A-21 Notice of requisition
127A-22 Determination of compensation
127A-23 Determination of damages
127A-24 Investigations and surveys
127A-25 Rules and orders
127A-26 Forfeitures
127A-27 Preliminary or interlocutory injunctions and
temporary restraining orders
127A-28 Enforcement of injunction proceedings; interventions
127A-29 Emergency period infractions, violations, petty
misdemeanors, and misdemeanors
127A-30 Rental or sale of essential commodities during a
state of emergency; prohibition against price
increases
127A-30.5 Charitable fraud during a state of emergency
127A-31 Penalties prescribed by this chapter additional to
other penalties
127A-32 Effect of this chapter on other laws
Note
Pacific-Asia institute for resilience and sustainability. L 2014, c 229.
University of Hawaii sea grant college program; emergency management and disaster preparedness requirements. L 2017, c 61.
Law Journals and Reviews
Hoist the Yellow Flag and Spam ® Up: The Separation of Powers Limitation on Hawai`i's Emergency Authority. 43 UH L. Rev. 71 (2020).
Mutual Aid and Maunakea: Policing Protests Post- Flores . 45 UH L. Rev. 233 (2022).
Ola i ka Malu `Ulu o Lele: An Emerging Collective Memory of Injustice in Maui Komohana as a Foundation for Recovery from Lahaina's Wildfires and Restorative Justice for Hawai`i. 47 UH L. Rev. 2 (2024).
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