Chapter
289
2008 -- H 7885 SUBSTITUTE B
Enacted 07/04/08
A N A C T
RELATING TO MILITARY
AFFAIRS AND DEFENSE -- DEFENSE CIVIL
PREPAREDNESS
Introduced By: Representatives Diaz, Ajello, Williams, Giannini, and Slater
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 30-15-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 30-15 entitled
"Emergency
Management"
is hereby amended to read as follows:
30-15-6.
Advisory council. -- (a) There is hereby created the Rhode Island
emergency
management
advisory council (hereinafter in this chapter called the "council").
The council will
consist
of thirty-four (34) forty (40) members as follows:
(1) Nineteen (19) Twenty-two (22) ex officio members as follows:
(i) The lieutenant governor;
(ii) The adjutant general;
(iii) The director of administration/statewide planning;
(iv) The director of health;
(v) The director of transportation;
(vi) The director of human services;
(vii) The superintendent of state police;
(viii) The public utilities administrator;
(ix) The director of the department of environmental management;
(x) The director of mental health, retardation, and hospitals;
(xi) The director of elderly affairs;
(xii) The chairperson of the state water resources board;
(xiii) The chairperson of the governor's commission on disabilities;
(xiv) The chairperson of the Rhode Island public transit authority;
(xv) The executive director of the coastal resources management council or his
or her
designee;
(xvi)
The executive director of the American Red Cross, Rhode Island chapter;
(xvii)
The executive director of the Rhode Island emergency management agency;
(xviii)
The state court administrator;
(xix)
The executive director of the commission on the deaf and hard of hearing; and
(xx)
The director of the Providence emergency management agency;
(xxi)
The executive director of E-911 emergency telephone system division;
(xxii)
The federal security director of the transportation security administration for
Rhode
Island;
and
(2)
Fifteen (15) Eighteen (18) members appointed by and serving at
the pleasure of the
governor,
as follows:
(i) Two (2) members of the senate, recommended by the president of the senate,
not
more
than one of whom shall be from the same political party;
(ii) Two (2) members of the house of representatives, recommended by the
speaker of
the
house, not more than one of whom shall be from the same political party;
(iii) One representative of the electric industry;
(iv) One representative of the gas industry;
(v) One representative of the telephone industry;
(vi) The executive director of the Rhode Island petroleum association or other
similarly
situated
person;
(vii) Two (2) representatives of the general public, one who shall have
expertise in
disaster
preparedness;
(viii) One representative of the Rhode Island league of cities and towns;
(ix) One representative of E-911, the uniform emergency telephone authority;
(x) (ix) One representative of the media;
(xi) (x) One representative of the water supply industry;
(xii) (xi) One representative of the health care industry; and
(xiii) (xii) One representative of the Rhode Island firefighters
association.;
(xiii)
One representative of the Rhode Island association of fire chiefs;
(xiv)
One representative of a private ambulance company; and
(xv)
One representative of a level I trauma hospital who shall have direct expertise
in
disaster
preparedness.
(b) It shall be the duty of the council to advise the governor and the adjutant
general on
all
matters pertaining to disaster preparedness. The lieutenant governor shall
serve as chairperson
of the
council and the adjutant general shall serve as vice-chairperson. In providing
advice to the
governor
and the adjutant general, the council shall, among other matters reasonably
related to
their
authority, do the following:
(1) Establish a regular meeting schedule and form subcommittees as may be
appropriate;
(2) Review emergency management plans and other matters as may be acted upon or
otherwise
provided for in this chapter;
(3) Establish priorities and goals on emergency management matters on an annual
basis;
(4) Study emergency management plans in conjunction with the adjutant general,
and
otherwise
conduct such other studies as may be deemed appropriate;
(5) Review the coordination of the state's emergency management programs with
appropriate
authorized agencies and conduct studies on the programs as may be necessary;
(6) Review the plans and operations of the various cities and towns in disaster
preparedness
in conjunction with the director and his or her office as required or
necessary; and
(7) [Deleted by P.L. 2000, ch. 170, section 2];
(8) Provide an annual report on its activities in conjunction with the adjutant
general.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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