19.8062.01000
Sixty-sixth
Legislative Assembly HOUSE BILL NO. 1091
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
(At the request of the Adjutant General)
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 37-17.1-02.1 and 37-17.1-02.2 of the North
2 Dakota Century Code, relating to the operations of the department of emergency services.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 37-17.1-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is
5 amended and reenacted as follows:
6 37-17.1-02.1. Department of emergency services.
7 The department of emergency services consists of a division of state radio and a division of
8 homeland security. The adjutant general is the director of the department. The adjutant general
9 shall provide for shared administration of both divisions. The division of homeland security
10 consists of the state emergency operations center section, the disaster recovery section, and
11 the homeland security section. The adjutant general shall appoint a separate director of each
12 division. A division director serves at the pleasure of the adjutant general. The adjutant general
13 shall fix the compensation of a division director within limits of legislative appropriation.
14 SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 37-17.1-02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code is
15 amended and reenacted as follows:
16 37-17.1-02.2. Advisory committee to department of emergency services.
17 The adjutant general shall create one or more advisory committees to the department of
18 emergency services. An advisory committee may consist of not more than eleventwelve
19 members representing local and state interests in the department. Members must be appointed
20 to four-year staggered terms. An advisory committee shall advise the department regarding
21 collaboration with political subdivisions, and each member of an advisory committee shall report
22 to the local interest each member represents concerning recommendations approved by the
23 committee. Each member of the advisory committee is entitled to be paid sixty-two dollars and
24 fifty cents per day for time spent in attendance at meetings and is entitled to be reimbursed for
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1 the member's actual and necessary expenses at the rates and in the manner provided by law
2 for other state officers. The compensation and expenses must be paid out of department
3 appropriations.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 37-17.1-02.1, 37-17.1-02.2
Enrollment: 37-17.1-02.1, 37-17.1-02.2