Bill Text: AZ HB2106 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Chaptered
Bill Title: Emergency and military affairs; continuation
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 14-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-26 - Chapter 71 [HB2106 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-HB2106-Chaptered.html
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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CHAPTER 71
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HOUSE BILL 2106 |
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AN ACT
Amending section 26-304, Arizona Revised Statutes; repealing section 41‑3015.09, Arizona Revised Statutes; amending title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-3023.11; relating to the department of emergency and military affairs.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 26-304, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
26-304. State emergency council; membership; powers and duties; definition
A. There is established a The state emergency council is established consisting of the following persons or their designee:
1. Governor.
2. Secretary of state.
3. Attorney general.
4. Adjutant general.
5. Director of the division of emergency management.
6. Director of the department of transportation.
7. Director of the department of health services.
8. Director of the department of environmental quality.
9. Director of the department of public safety.
10. Director of the Arizona department of agriculture.
11. Director of the department of administration.
12. Director of the department of water resources.
13. President of the senate as an advisory member.
14. Speaker of the house of representatives as an advisory member.
B. The powers and duties of the council include:
1. Making recommendations for orders, rules, policies and procedures to the governor.
2. Recommending to the governor the assignment of any responsibility, service or activity to a state agency relative to emergencies or planning for emergencies.
3. Issuing, in the event of inaccessibility of the governor, a state of emergency proclamation under the same conditions by which the governor could issue such a proclamation, if the action is taken at a meeting of the council called by the director and if not less than three council members, one of whom is an elected official, approve the action.
C. The council shall monitor each emergency declared by the governor and the activities and response of the division to the emergency. The council shall recommend to the governor or the legislature based on the reports submitted to it by the auditor that the emergency conditions have stabilized and that the emergency is substantially contained.
D. The council established by this section ends on July 1, 2021 pursuant to section 41‑3103.
E. D. For the purposes of this section, "advisory member" means a member who gives advice to the other members of the state emergency council at meetings of the council but who is not eligible to vote, is not a member for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present and is not eligible to receive any compensation or reimbursement of expenses by the council.
Sec. 2. Repeal
Section 41-3015.09, Arizona Revised Statutes, is repealed.
Sec. 3. Title 41, chapter 27, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3023.11, to read:
41-3023.11. Department of emergency and military affairs; state emergency council; termination July 1, 2023
A. The department of emergency and military affairs and the state emergency council terminate on July 1, 2023.
B. Title 26 is repealed on January 1, 2024.
Sec. 4. Purpose
Pursuant to section 41-2955, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the legislature continues the department of emergency and military affairs and the state emergency council to promote, protect and defend the peace, health and safety of the citizens of this state.
Sec. 5. Retroactivity
Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective retroactively to July 1, 2015.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR MARCH 26, 2015.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE MARCH 27, 2015.
