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AN ACT relating to emergency management; transferring the Division of Emergency Management and its powers and duties from the Office of the Military to the Office of the Governor; renaming the Division of Emergency Management to the Office of Emergency Management; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to emergency management; transferring the Division of Emergency Management and its powers and duties from the Office of the Military to the Office of the Governor; renaming the Division of Emergency Management to the Office of Emergency Management; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, May 5, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Ways and Means
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AN ACT relating to emergency management; transferring the Division of Emergency Management and its powers and duties fro
Existing law creates the Division of Emergency Management in the Office of the Military. (NRS 414.040) Existing law requires the Division to carry out various duties relating to emergencies, disasters and homeland security, including, providing assistance to the Nevada Commission on Homeland Security and the Nevada Resiliency Advisory Committee, coordinating with schools in this State concerning crisis, disaster and emergency preparation and response and administering the Nevada Intrastate Mutual Aid System. (Chapter 239C of NRS, NRS 388.1324, 388.229-388.266, 394.168-394.1699, 414.040, 414A.100) Sections 39 and 43 of this bill: (1) transfer the Division to the Office of the Governor; and (2) rename the Division to the Office of Emergency Management. Sections 40 and 43 of this bill reorganize the duties of the Office to execute, administer and enforce certain provisions of existing law relating to emergency management and the Nevada Intrastate Mutual Aid System. Section 40 also removes the duty of the Office of the Military to supervise the emergency management affairs of this State. Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 8-16, 19-38, 42, 44-50, 53-57 and 60-71 of this bill revise references of the Division to the Office. Existing law requires the Adjutant General of the Office of the Military to appoint the Chief of the Division and provides that the Chief must carry out the program for emergency management in this State subject to the direction and control of the Adjutant General. (NRS 414.0
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