(a) The agency may establish guidelines for providing suitable arrangements and accommodations for the sheltering of the public and the sheltering of pet animals in public shelters under this chapter.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-19

  • Administrator: means the administrator of the Hawaii emergency management agency established by section 127A-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
  • Agency: means the Hawaii emergency management agency established by section 127A-3. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
  • County: means the city and county of Honolulu, and the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui; provided that the county of Maui shall include the county of Kalawao for the purposes of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
  • County emergency management agency: means a county-level entity responsible for emergency management within the respective counties as established in section 127A-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
  • Director: means the director of the Hawaii emergency management agency established by section 127A-3, and who is the same as the adjutant general as provided in section 26-21. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
  • Emergency: means any occurrence, or imminent threat thereof, which results or may likely result in substantial injury or harm to the population or substantial damage to or loss of property or substantial damage to or loss of the environment. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
  • Emergency management: means a comprehensive integrated system at all levels of government, and also in the private sector, which develops and maintains an effective capability to prevent, prepare for, respond to, mitigate, and recover from emergencies or disasters. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
  • Facilities: except as otherwise provided in this chapter, includes any infrastructure, buildings and other structures, shelters, land, roads, highways, thoroughfares, walks, roadways, bridges, public rights of way, and any appurtenant facilities, structures, and materials. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 127A-2
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(b) County emergency management agencies shall be responsible for identifying and operating locations and facilities suitable for sheltering:

(1) The public; and
(2) Pet animals,

and coordinating sheltering efforts with private and nonprofit organizations engaged in emergency management functions relating to providing shelter or the management or operation of a public shelter under this chapter.

(c) The administrator or director of the county emergency management agency shall be responsible for the identification, coordination , and cooperation of private owners, operators, or controllers of real property, private locations , or facilities that are suitable for use as shelters of the public or of pet animals into emergency sheltering operations.
(d) A public shelter identified for the sheltering of pet animals pursuant to subsection (b) need not be subject to guidelines developed for public shelters, unless the particular shelter has been specifically identified as a shelter for both pet animals and the public.
(e) For purposes of this section, “pet animal” shall have the same meaning as defined in section 711-1100.
(f) For purposes of this section, “shelter” includes any structure, excavation, or other facility or item used or useful for the protection of persons.

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