North Carolina § 166A-69 - North Carolina Search and Rescue Team Advisory Committee.

§ 166A-69. North Carolina Search and Rescue Team Advisory Committee.

The North Carolina Search and Rescue Team Advisory Committee is created. The Secretary shall appoint the members of the Committee and shall designate the Director or Deputy Director of the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management as the chair. In making appointments, the Secretary shall take into consideration the expertise of the appointees in the management of search and rescue or specialty response team missions. The Secretary shall appoint one representative from each of the following: The Division of North Carolina Emergency Management, who shall be the Director or Deputy Director of the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management and who shall serve as the chair. Each state regional contract response team's Chief or Deputy Chief. The North Carolina Office of State Fire Marshal. The North Carolina Highway Patrol. The North Carolina National Guard. The North Carolina Association of Rescue and E.M.S., Inc. The North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs. The North Carolina State Firefighters' Association. The North Carolina Emergency Management Association. The Advisory Committee shall meet on the call of the chair, or at the request of the Secretary, provided that the Committee shall meet no less than once every year. The Department of Public Safety shall provide space for the Advisory Committee to meet. The Department shall also provide the Advisory Committee with necessary support staff and supplies to enable the Committee to carry out its duties in an effective manner. Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without pay, but shall receive travel allowance, lodging, subsistence, and per diem as provided by G.S. 138-5. The Contract Response Team Advisory Committee shall advise the Secretary on the establishment of the North Carolina Search and Rescue Program. The Committee shall also evaluate and advise the Secretary of the need for additional contract response teams to serve the State. History (2014-27, s. 4; 2016-51, s. 6; 2017-57, s. 16E.2; 2017-170, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2016-51, s. 6, provides: "Chapter 251 of the Private Laws of 1889 is hereby amended by replacing the words 'North Carolina State Firemen's Association' with the words 'North Carolina State Firefighters' Association.' "The entity formerly known as the North Carolina State Firemen's Association, and now known as the North Carolina State Firefighters' Association, is hereby authorized to amend its corporate documents to conform them to the association's new name by an appropriate filing with the Secretary of State. "The Revisor of Statutes is hereby authorized to replace any occurrences in the General Statutes of the words 'North Carolina State Firemen's Association,' 'North Carolina Firemen's Association,' 'State Firemen's Association,' or any reasonable derivative thereof, with the words 'North Carolina State Firefighters' Association,' including the following sections of the General Statutes: G.S. 58-2-121, 58-78-1, 58-80-5, 58-80-25, 58-80-60, 58-84-5, 58-84-25, 58-84-33, 58-84-35, 58-84-40, 58-84-41, 58-84-46, 58-84-50, 58-84-52, 58-85-1, 58-85-10, 58-85-20, 58-85-25, 58-85-30, 58-85-35, 58-86-25, 58-87-10, 135-27, 143-136, 143B-1401, 166A-26, and 166A-69." Session Laws 2017-57, s. 16E.2, and Session Laws 2017-170, s. 1, made identical amendments. Session Laws 2017-57, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations Appropriations Act of 2017.'" Session Laws 2017-57, s. 39.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-57, s. 16E.2, effective July 1, 2017, substituted "North Carolina Search" for "Urban Search" in the section heading and throughout the section; deleted "urban" preceding "search and rescue" in the introductory language of subsection (a); and deleted "USAR" preceding "regional" in subdivision (a)(2). Session Laws 2017-170, s. 1, effective July 1, 2017, substituted "North Carolina Search" for "Urban Search" in the section heading and throughout the section; deleted "urban" preceding "search and rescue" in the introductory language of subsection (a); and deleted "USAR" preceding "regional" in subdivision (a)(2).