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House panel hears bill to fill Minnesotaweather radar gaps; amendment adopted and bill laid over
Summary
Lawmakers heard testimony on House File 697, a bill to accelerate supplemental radar and radar-data sharing to fill coverage gaps across Minnesota. An author's technical amendment was adopted and the bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the committee omnibus.
Representative Baker introduced House File 697 on behalf of the billauthor and moved an authoramendment that replaces a reference to the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security director with the department and adds county and local emergency managers.
The measure aims to accelerate installation of supplemental radar and provide near-real-time radar observations to selected state agencies, county emergency managers and public safety answering points to reduce so-called "radar gaps" where National Weather Service coverage…
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