§ 38-3-20 - Georgia Emergency Management Agency created; director; staff; offices; director's duties; disaster coordinator - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 38-3-20 (2010)
38-3-20. Georgia Emergency Management Agency created; director; staff; offices; director's duties; disaster coordinator

(a) There is established the Georgia Emergency Management Agency with a director of emergency management who shall be the head thereof. The Georgia Emergency Management Agency shall be assigned to the Office of Planning and Budget for administrative purposes only as provided in Code Section 50-4-3.

(b) The Governor shall appoint the director of emergency management. He or she shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor, who shall fix his or her compensation. The director of emergency management shall hold no other state office.

(c) The director may employ such professional, technical, clerical, stenographic, and other personnel, may fix their compensation, and may make such expenditures within the appropriation therefor, or from other funds made available for purposes of emergency management, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of Article 1, this article, and Article 3 of this chapter, the duties of the agency and the director described in Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46, the "Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977," as amended.

(d) The director and other personnel of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency shall be provided with appropriate office space, furniture, equipment, supplies, stationery, and printing in the same manner as provided for personnel of other state agencies.

(e) The director, subject to the direction and control of the Governor, shall be the executive head of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and shall be responsible to the Governor for carrying out the program for emergency management in this state. He or she shall coordinate the activities of all organizations for emergency management within the state, shall maintain liaison with and cooperate with emergency management agencies and organizations of other states and of the federal government, and shall have such additional authority, duties, and responsibilities authorized by Article 1, this article, and Article 3 of this chapter as may be prescribed by the Governor and such additional authority, duties, and responsibilities as described in Part 4 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 46, the "Georgia Emergency Telephone Number 9-1-1 Service Act of 1977," as amended.

(f) The director of emergency management shall also be the disaster coordinator and shall act for the Governor when requested to do so.