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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
STATE OF IDAHO
BOISE

EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2003-10

CONSOLIDATION OF PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, RECOVERY AND MITIGATION FUNCTIONS CURRENTLY VESTED IN THE DIVISION OF MILITARY, BUREAU OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND BUREAU OF DISASTER SERVICES AND THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY CAPABILITY OF THE INEEL STATE OVERSIGHT PROGRAM.
FORMATION OF A BUREAU OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

REPEALING AND REPLACING EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2000-04
        WHEREAS, widespread disaster resulting from floods, fire, storms, earthquakes, hazardous materials, tornados, landslides, mudslides, drought, explosions, riot, hostile military actions, the potential terrorist use of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive Weapons of Mass Destruction or other catastrophe is an ever present possibility in the State of Idaho; and

      WHEREAS, Chapter 10, Title 46, Idaho Code requires the protection of lives and property of the residents of the State in any type of natural or man-made disaster emergency or threat that might conceivably confront the state; and

      WHEREAS, Chapter 71, Title 39, Idaho Code provides for the prompt response and containment of releases of hazardous materials; and

      WHEREAS, the United States Government has taken steps to organize federal agencies to plan, train and respond to domestic and foreign terrorist attacks; and

     WHEREAS, the United States Congress has appropriated funding to allow local, regional, state, and federal agencies to prepare for and respond to such crises; and

      WHEREAS, centralized coordination and communication among preparedness and response entities at the local, state, regional, and federal levels are paramount to ensuring the safety of our citizens.

      NOW THEREFORE, I, Dirk Kempthorne, Governor of the State of Idaho, by virtue of the powers and authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of this State, and in accordance with the provisions of Idaho Code Chapter 10, Title 46; Chapter 71, Title 39 and Chapter 10, Title 30 do hereby direct:

  1. That a Bureau of Homeland Security be formed in the Office of the Governor, Division of Military.
  2. That the Bureau of Homeland Security manage the Bureau of Disaster Services and the Bureau of Hazardous Materials.
  3. That the Office of Adjutant General act as Chief, Idaho Bureau of Homeland Security and appoint a director of the bureau in consultation with the Office of the Governor and who shall act as director of the Bureau of Disaster Services and the Bureau of Hazardous Materials.
  4. That Executive Order No. 2000-04 is hereby repealed and replaced in order to consolidate all functions required of the Bureau of Hazardous Materials and Bureau of Disaster Services within the Bureau of Homeland Security.
  5. That the Division of Military recommend to the Office of the Governor the necessary statutory changes to render permanent the contents of this executive order.

Gold State SealIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this twelfth day of September in the year of our Lord two thousand and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred twenty-seventh and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred thirteenth.

Dirk Kempthorne Signature
DIRK KEMPTHORNE
GOVERNOR

Ben Ysursa Signature
BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE

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