65-5721. Commission on emergency planning and response; establishment; members; terms, compensation and expenses.
65-5721
65-5721. Commission on emergency planning andresponse; establishment; members; terms, compensation and expenses.(a) There is herebyestablished the commission on emergency planning and response.
(b) The membership of the commission on emergency planning and response shallconsist of the agency head or secretary or a designated person of authorityfrom the following agencies:
(1) the fire marshal;
(2) the department of health and environment;
(3) the department of transportation;
(4) the Kansas highway patrol;
(5) the adjutant general;
(6) the department of commerce;
(7) the Kansas bureau of investigation;
(8) the Kansas department of agriculture; and
(9) the Kansas animal health department.
(c) In addition, the membership of the commission on emergency planning andresponse shall also consist of 18 members appointed by thegovernor as follows:
(1) One individual shall be representative ofcounties;
(2) one individual selected to representcities;
(3) three individuals selected to represent businesses and industries, oneofwhich represents broadcasting;
(4) one individual selected to represent agriculture, crop or livestock;
(5) one individual selected to represent transportation, trucking or rail;
(6) one individual selected to represent energy;
(7) one individual selected to represent law enforcement officers;
(8) one individual selected to represent fire fighters;
(9) one individual selected to represent county emergency managers;
(10) one individual selected to represent emergency medical services;
(11) one individual selected to represent public works services;
(12) one individual selected to represent hospitals;
(13) one individual selected to represent public health;
(14) one individual selected to represent the tribes of Kansas;
(15) one individual selected to represent individuals with disabilities; and
(16) one individual selected to represent the seven regional homelandsecurity councils.
(d) A designee of the adjutant general shall serve as the secretary of thecommission on emergency planning and response. The adjutant general shallprovide staff support for the commission on emergency planning and response.
(e) Of the members first appointed to the commission on emergency planningand response by the governor, one representative of cities, one representativeof counties, and one representative of business and industry shall serve a termof two years, and the remainder of the members appointed by the governor shallserve terms of three years. Thereafter, members appointed pursuant tosubsection(c) shall serve terms of four years and until the successor has beenappointed. Any vacancy in the office of an appointed member shall be filled forthe unexpired term by appointment by the governor.
(f) A chairperson shall be elected annually by the members of the commission.A vice-chairperson shall be designated by the chairperson to serve in theabsence of the chairperson.
(g) For attending meetings of such commission, or attending a subcommitteemeeting thereof authorized by such commission, those members of the commissionappointed by the governor shall be paid compensation, subsistence allowances,mileage and other expenses as provided in K.S.A. 75-3223, and amendmentsthereto.
History: Executive Reorganization Order No. 29,L. 1999, ch. 192, § 1;L. 2003, ch. 154, § 19;L. 2007, ch. 8, § 1; July 1.