§ 21-P:36 — Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

I. There is hereby created a division of homeland security and emergency management within the department of safety under the supervision of the director of homeland security and emergency management nominated and appointed as provided in RSA 21-P:5-a.
II. The division shall consist of 2 bureaus, a bureau of homeland security and a bureau of emergency management. With the approval of the commissioner, the director may employ such necessary technical, clerical, stenographic, and other personnel, and may make such expenditures from state or federal funds as are or may be made available for purposes of homeland security and emergency management. The director and other personnel of the division shall be provided with appropriate office space, furniture, equipment, supplies, stationery and printing, and funds for traveling and related expenses, in the same manner provided for personnel of other state agencies. The division and its personnel shall have such additional duties, responsibilities, and authority authorized by applicable laws as may be prescribed by the commissioner.
III. The commissioner of safety shall nominate an assistant director of homeland security and emergency management, for appointment by the governor with consent of the council, to serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. The assistant director shall receive the salary provided in RSA 94:1-a for the position.
IV. During service as assistant director, the assistant director of the division of homeland security and emergency management shall be eligible to be a group II member if he or she was a group II member or receiving a group II retirement allowance prior to appointment.

Legislative History

2002, 257:7. 2003, 319:107. 2004, 171:4. 2008, 361:4, eff. July 11, 2008. 2013, 196:4, eff. July 9, 2013.