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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

     Introduced By: Representatives Blazejewski, Gallison, Guthrie, Azzinaro, and Silva

     Date Introduced: February 09, 2012

     Referred To: House Veterans` Affairs

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 30-15-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 30-15 entitled "Emergency

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Management" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     30-15-6. Advisory council. -- (a) There is hereby created the Rhode Island emergency

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management advisory council (hereinafter in this chapter called the "council"). The council will

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consist of forty (40) forty-two (42) members as follows:

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      (1) Twenty-two (22) Twenty-three (23) ex officio members as follows:

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      (i) The lieutenant governor;

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      (ii) The adjutant general;

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      (iii) The director of administration/statewide planning;

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      (iv) The director of health;

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      (v) The director of transportation;

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      (vi) The director of human services;

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      (vii) The superintendent of state police;

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      (viii) The public utilities administrator;

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      (ix) The director of the department of environmental management;

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      (x) The director of mental health, retardation, behavioral healthcare, developmental

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disabilities and hospitals;

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      (xi) The director of elderly affairs;

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      (xii) The chairperson of the state water resources board;

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      (xiii) The chairperson of the governor's commission on disabilities;

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      (xiv) The chairperson of the Rhode Island public transit authority;

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      (xv) The executive director of the coastal resources management council or his or her

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designee;

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      (xvi) The executive director of the American Red Cross, Rhode Island chapter;

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      (xvii) The executive director of the Rhode Island emergency management agency;

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      (xviii) The state court administrator;

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      (xix) The executive director of the commission on the deaf and hard of hearing;

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      (xx) The director of the Providence emergency management agency;

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      (xxi) The executive director of E-911 emergency telephone system division;

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      (xxii) The federal security director of the transportation security administration for

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Rhode Island; and

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     (xxiii) The state building code commissioner; and

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      (2) Eighteen (18) Nineteen (19) members appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the

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governor, as follows:

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      (i) Two (2) members of the senate, recommended by the president of the senate, not

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more than one of whom shall be from the same political party;

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      (ii) Two (2) members of the house of representatives, recommended by the speaker of

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the house, not more than one of whom shall be from the same political party;

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      (iii) One representative of the electric industry;

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      (iv) One representative of the gas industry;

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      (v) One representative of the telephone industry;

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      (vi) The executive director of the Rhode Island petroleum association or other similarly

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situated person;

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      (vii) Two (2) representatives of the general public, one who shall have expertise in

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disaster preparedness;

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      (viii) One representative of the Rhode Island league of cities and towns;

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      (ix) One representative of the media;

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      (x) One representative of the water supply industry;

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      (xi) One representative of the health care industry;

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      (xii) One representative of the Rhode Island firefighters association;

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      (xiii) One representative of the Rhode Island association of fire chiefs;

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      (xiv) One representative of a private ambulance company; and

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      (xv) One representative of a level I trauma hospital who shall have direct expertise in

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disaster preparedness.; and

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     (xvi) One representative of the Rhode Island Association of Emergency Managers.

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     (b) It shall be the duty of the council to advise the governor and the adjutant general on

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all matters pertaining to disaster preparedness. The lieutenant governor shall serve as chairperson

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of the council and the adjutant general shall serve as vice-chairperson. In providing advice to the

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governor and the adjutant general, the council shall, among other matters reasonably related to

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their authority, do the following:

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      (1) Establish a regular meeting schedule and form subcommittees as may be appropriate;

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      (2) Review emergency management plans and other matters as may be acted upon or

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otherwise provided for in this chapter;

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      (3) Establish priorities and goals on emergency management matters on an annual basis;

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      (4) Study emergency management plans in conjunction with the adjutant general, and

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otherwise conduct such other studies as may be deemed appropriate;

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      (5) Review the coordination of the state's emergency management programs with

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appropriate authorized agencies and conduct studies on the programs as may be necessary;

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      (6) Review the plans and operations of the various cities and towns in disaster

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preparedness in conjunction with the director and his or her office as required or necessary; and

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      (7) [Deleted by P.L. 2000, ch. 170, section 2];

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      (8) Provide an annual report on its activities in conjunction with the adjutant general.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

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     This act would add two (2) additional members to the emergency management advisory

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council.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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