Section 21-P:51 Joint Legislative Oversight Committee.
I. A joint legislative oversight committee on the emergency management system is hereby established.
II. The committee shall consist of 9 members:
(a) Six members of the house of representatives, 2 of whom shall be from the health, human services and elderly affairs committee and one of whom shall be from the science, technology and energy committee, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Three senators, appointed by the senate president.
III. The committee shall elect from its membership a chairperson, a vice-chairperson and a clerk. All members shall be appointed to serve on the committee for a term coterminous with the term of their elected legislative office, and may be reappointed if reelected to the same office. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
IV. The committee shall:
(a) Provide legislative oversight and serve as the legislative liaison for the emergency management system.
(b) Develop, with the assistance of the department of health and human services and other appropriate agencies, a grid which outlines a gradation of emergency conditions and describes the powers authorized for each level of emergency.
(c) Conduct a continuing study of the major problems and concerns regarding planning, testing, and implementation of states of emergency.
(d) Hold such public hearings as may be necessary on matters pertaining to the emergency management system.
V. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1 of each year, beginning November 1 of 2003.
Source. 2002, 258:23, eff. July 1, 2002 at 12:01 a.m.