Section 29C.5. Department of homeland security and emergency management.

  The department of homeland security and emergency management is created. The department of homeland security and emergency management shall be responsible for the administration of emergency planning matters, including emergency resource planning in this state, cooperation with, support of, funding for, and tasking of the civil air patrol for missions not qualifying for federal mission status as described in section 29A.3A in accordance with operational and funding criteria developed with the adjutant general and coordinated with the civil air patrol, homeland security activities, and coordination of available services and resources in the event of a disaster to include those services and resources of the federal government and private entities. The Iowa emergency response commission established by section 30.2 is attached to the department of homeland security and emergency management for organizational purposes.

[C62, §28A.1; C66, 71, 73, 75, §29C.1; C77, 79, 81, §29C.5]

92 Acts, ch 1139, §3

; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1, §22, 28

; 2003 Acts, ch 179, §157

; 2005 Acts, ch 119, §4

; 2013 Acts, ch 29, §16