TITLE 30
Military Affairs and Defense
CHAPTER 30-15
Emergency Management
SECTION 30-15-6
§ 30-15-6 Advisory council.
(a) There is hereby created the Rhode Island emergency management advisory
council (hereinafter in this chapter called the "council"). The council will
consist of forty (40) members as follows:
(1) Twenty-two (22) ex officio members as follows:
(i) The lieutenant governor;
(ii) The adjutant general;
(iii) The director of administration/statewide planning;
(iv) The director of health;
(v) The director of transportation;
(vi) The director of human services;
(vii) The superintendent of state police;
(viii) The public utilities administrator;
(ix) The director of the department of environmental
management;
(x) The director of department of behavioral healthcare,
developmental disabilities and hospitals;
(xi) The director of elderly affairs;
(xii) The chairperson of the state water resources board;
(xiii) The chairperson of the governor's commission on
disabilities;
(xiv) The chairperson of the Rhode Island public transit
authority;
(xv) The executive director of the coastal resources
management council or his or her designee;
(xvi) The executive director of the American Red Cross, Rhode
Island chapter;
(xvii) The director of the Rhode Island emergency management
agency;
(xviii) The state court administrator;
(xix) The executive director of the commission on the deaf
and hard of hearing;
(xx) The director of the Providence emergency management
agency;
(xxi) The executive director of E-911 emergency telephone
system division;
(xxii) The federal security director of the transportation
security administration for Rhode Island; and
(2) Eighteen (18) members appointed by, and serving at the
pleasure of, the governor, as follows:
(i) Two (2) members of the senate, recommended by the
president of the senate, not more than one of whom shall be from the same
political party;
(ii) Two (2) members of the house of representatives,
recommended by the speaker of the house, not more than one of whom shall be
from the same political party;
(iii) One representative of the electric industry;
(iv) One representative of the gas industry;
(v) One representative of the telephone industry;
(vi) The executive director of the Rhode Island Petroleum
Association or other similarly situated person;
(vii) Two (2) representatives of the general public, one who
shall have expertise in disaster preparedness;
(viii) One representative of the Rhode Island league of
cities and towns;
(ix) One representative of the media;
(x) One representative of the water supply industry;
(xi) One representative of the health care industry;
(xii) One representative of the Rhode Island Firefighters
Association;
(xiii) One representative of the Rhode Island Association of
Fire Chiefs;
(xiv) One representative of a private ambulance company; and
(xv) One representative of a level I trauma hospital who
shall have direct expertise in disaster preparedness.
(b) It shall be the duty of the council to advise the
governor and the director on all matters pertaining to disaster preparedness.
The lieutenant governor shall serve as chairperson of the council and the
director shall serve as vice-chairperson. In providing advice to the governor
and the director, the council shall, among other matters reasonably related to
their authority, do the following:
(1) Establish a regular meeting schedule and form
subcommittees as may be appropriate;
(2) Review emergency management plans and other matters as
may be acted upon or otherwise provided for in this chapter;
(3) Establish priorities and goals on emergency management
matters on an annual basis;
(4) Study emergency management plans in conjunction with the
director, and otherwise conduct such other studies as may be deemed appropriate;
(5) Review the coordination of the state's emergency
management programs with appropriate authorized agencies and conduct studies
on the programs as may be necessary;
(6) Review the plans and operations of the various cities and
towns in disaster preparedness in conjunction with the director and his or her
office as required or necessary; and
(7) [Deleted by P.L. 2000, ch. 170, § 2];
(8) Provide an annual report on its activities in conjunction
with the director.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1973, ch. 67, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 226, § 8; P.L. 1981, ch. 124,
§ 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 77, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 63, § 1; P.L. 1996,
ch. 100, art. 41, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 150, § 7; P.L. 2000, ch. 170,
§ 2; P.L. 2003, ch. 185, § 4; P.L. 2003, ch. 189, § 4; P.L.
2007, ch. 337, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 410,
§ 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 450, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 289, § 1; P.L.
2008, ch. 319, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 145, art. 14, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch.
52, § 1; P.L. 2015, ch. 53, § 1.)
