A. There is hereby created the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM). The Governor shall appoint a Director of the Department, with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be the head of the Department. The Governor shall fix the salary of the Director, in cooperation with standards promulgated by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

B. The Director may employ personnel and fix their compensation in cooperation with standards promulgated by the Office of Management and Enterprise Services, and may make such expenditures within the appropriation therefor, or from such other available funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 and other programs specified by law.

C. The Director and other personnel of the Department 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.

D. The Director, subject to the direction and control of the Governor, shall be the executive head of the Department and shall serve as the chief advisor to the Governor on emergency management and shall:

1. Be responsible to the Governor for carrying out the programs as required by law;

2. Coordinate the activities of all organizations for emergency management within the state;

3. Maintain liaison with and cooperate with the emergency management agencies and organizations of other states and of the federal government;

4. Develop and maintain a comprehensive all-hazards mitigation plan for this state;

5. Implement the Oklahoma Hazard Mitigation Program;

6. Have such additional authority, duties, and responsibilities authorized by the Oklahoma Emergency Management Act of 2003 and as may be prescribed by the Governor;

7. Supervise the Office of Volunteerism in accordance with Section 683.26 of this title; and

8. Report quarterly to the Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate the balance and outstanding obligations of the State Emergency Fund.

E. The Director shall supervise the formulation, execution, review and revisions of the state Emergency Operations Plan as provided for by Section 683.2 of this title. The plan shall be reviewed annually and revised as necessary.

Added by Laws 1967, c. 33, § 4, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967. Amended by Laws 1982, c. 338, § 48, eff. July 1, 1982; Laws 1984, c. 113, § 2, eff. July 1, 1984; Laws 1991, c. 216, § 13, operative July 1, 1991; Laws 1999, c. 57, § 4, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2003, c. 329, § 6, emerg. eff. May 29, 2003; Laws 2010, c. 128, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 506.