SP0585, LD 1720, item 1, An Act To Increase the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

An Act To Increase the Membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 37-B MRSA §708, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 634, §12, is amended to read:

1. Membership. The council is composed of the following 6 9 members:

A. The director;

B. The Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management;

C. The Commissioner of Public Safety;

D. The Director of the Bureau of Health Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services;

E. The Chief of the State Police within the Department of Public Safety; and

F. A representative of the Governor . ;

G. The Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife or the commissioner's designee;

H. The Commissioner of Marine Resources or the commissioner's designee; and

I. The Commissioner of Conservation or the commissioner's designee.

The director is the chair of the council. The Commissioner of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management is the advisor of the council. Commissioner designees must be uniformed law enforcement personnel.

summary

This bill amends the membership of the Homeland Security Advisory Council. It increases the number of members from 6 to 9. It adds the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Commissioner of Marine Resources and the Commissioner of Conservation as members. The bill requires that commissioner designees be uniformed law enforcement personnel. The bill also updates a reference to a state agency.

SP0585 LD 1720	Second Regular Session - 125th Maine Legislature		LR 2461 Item 1
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