Section 21-G:7 Field Operations.
I. A department shall not establish field operations unless specifically authorized to do so by statute; except that temporary field operations may be established upon a specific written declaration by the governor and council that an emergency exists. A temporary field operation shall not be continued beyond the adjournment of the next regular or special session of the general court following a declaration of emergency.
II. Legislative proposals by a department seeking establishment of field operations shall include evidence of the commissioner's written certification to the governor and council that all other agencies with field operations in the same vicinity of the state have been consulted to determine the feasibility of combining such field operations.
Source. 1983, 372:1, eff. July 1, 1983.