Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 44 - Civil Defense
Section 44.024 - Public safety director to head emergency management agency.

Effective - 08 Jun 2007
44.024. Public safety director to head emergency management agency. — The director of the department of public safety shall be the executive head of the office of the state emergency management agency and shall appoint a director of the state emergency management agency to manage the day-to-day operations of the office.
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(L. 1967 p. 122 § 3, A.L. 1998 S.B. 743, A.L. 2007 H.B. 579)
Effective 6-08-07

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title V - Military Affairs and Police

Chapter 44 - Civil Defense

Section 44.010 - Definitions.

Section 44.020 - State emergency management agency created.

Section 44.022 - Powers and duties of governor.

Section 44.023 - Disaster volunteer program established, agency's duties — expenses — immunity from liability, exception.

Section 44.024 - Public safety director to head emergency management agency.

Section 44.028 - State may accept federal goods and services on behalf of itself and its subdivisions.

Section 44.032 - Emergency powers of governor, uses — Missouri disaster fund, funding, expenditures, procedures, purposes — aid to political subdivisions, when, procedure — expenditures in excess of $1,000, governor to approve.

Section 44.035 - Persons with health-related ailments, voluntary county registry for disasters or emergencies.

Section 44.045 - Health care professionals may be deployed during a state of emergency — immunity from liability, when — release of certain confidential information permitted, when.

Section 44.080 - All political subdivisions shall establish a local emergency management organization.

Section 44.090 - Mutual-aid agreements — participation in statewide mutual aid system — reimbursement for services provided, benefits.

Section 44.091 - Mutual aid agreements, powers of arrest — law enforcement deemed employee of sending agency — immunity.

Section 44.095 - Mutual aid agreement with Kansas — definitions — requests for assistance — immunity — certification by director, notice to revisor of statutes.

Section 44.098 - Law enforcement mutual-aid region, critical incidents — request for aid, response, Kansas and Oklahoma — notice to revisor, when (Jasper and Newton counties).

Section 44.100 - Emergency powers of governor.

Section 44.101 - Firearms and ammunition, state of emergency, no restrictions permitted.

Section 44.105 - Governor-declared state of emergency, suspension of certain state law provisions, when — volunteers, responsibilities of — staffing authority.

Section 44.110 - Cooperation of existing state agencies and political subdivisions in emergency — suspension of activities and functions of state agencies and political subdivisions may be ordered.

Section 44.112 - Rules of governor to govern all organizations established under sections 44.010 to 44.130 — each organization to have copy of all rules and regulations.

Section 44.113 - Political activity by emergency management organizations prohibited.

Section 44.114 - Local licensing or registration ordinances, prohibition on imposition of restrictions or enforcement on insurer's claims handling operations, when.

Section 44.115 - Persons employed by or associated with civil defense agencies — qualifications — oath required.

Section 44.120 - Expenses, how paid.

Section 44.125 - Agency to work with volunteers.

Section 44.130 - Regulations to be filed with secretary of state — violations — penalty.

Section 44.225 - Citation of law — short title.

Section 44.227 - Commission on seismic safety created — members, qualifications — officers — quorum — terms — removal from office — vacancies — expenses — staff.

Section 44.229 - Commission's powers.

Section 44.231 - Program to prepare state for responding to a major earthquake, commission's duty to establish.

Section 44.233 - Duties of commission.

Section 44.235 - Review and advisory powers of commission.

Section 44.415 - Emergency mutual aid compact.