Sec. 7-521. Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee established.
Sec. 7-521. Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee established. (a)
There is established a Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee comprised of: The
Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioner of Administrative
Services, the Commissioner of Transportation, the Commissioner of Public Safety, the
Adjutant General of the Military Department, and the Commissioner of Emergency
Management and Homeland Security, or their designees; the president pro tempore of
the Senate, the minority leader of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the minority leader of the House of Representatives, or their designees; a member
of the Senate who shall be appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and a
member of the House of Representatives who shall be appointed by the speaker of the
House of Representatives.
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security shall
serve as the chairman of the Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee. The committee may adopt such bylaws and guidelines and shall adopt such eligibility standards as
it deems advisable to carry out the purposes of sections 7-520 to 7-522, inclusive. The
Local Emergency Relief Advisory Committee shall not be deemed to be an agency for
the purposes of chapter 54.
(P.A. 87-535, S. 2, 6; P.A. 88-135, S. 1; P.A. 99-190, S. 5, 9; P.A. 04-219, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 88-135 substituted office of "emergency management" for office of "civil preparedness" in Subsec. (a);
P.A. 99-190 amended Subsec. (a) by adding the Adjutant General of the Military Department as a member, effective July
1, 1999; P.A. 04-219 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to substitute Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland
Security for director of the Office of Emergency Management and for Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management,
respectively, effective January 1, 2005.