Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 401 § 401.109 — Oregon

Oregon Homeland Security Council. (1) The Oregon Homeland Security Council is established within the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. The mission of the council is to assess risks to the safety and security of the State of Oregon with special emphasis on matters related to domestic terrorism and other major threats to the people of Oregon, including to critical infrastructure, and to make formal recommendations to the Governor with respect to homeland security policy. (2) The council may: (a) Recommend strategies to the Governor for the effective coordination of information gathering and dissemination on subjects associated with the mission. (b) Request and receive briefings from state agencies or other entities for development of reports and recommendations for the Governor on subjects associated with the mission. (c) Facilitate interagency collaboration, cooperation and coordination on operational issues associated with the mission. (d) Recommend policies to the Emergency Preparedness Advisory Council on subjects associated with the mission. (3) The membership of the council consists of: (a) Four members from the Legislative Assembly appointed as follows: (A) Two members from the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate; and (B) Two members from the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; (b) The Governor; (c) The Adjutant General; (d) The Superintendent of State Police; (e) The Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management; (f) A representative of the Department of Justice appointed by the Attorney General; (g) The State Resilience Officer; (h) The State Fire Marshal; (i) The Director of the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training; (j) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority; (k) The Director of Transportation; (L) The State Forester; (m) The Director of the Department of Corrections; (n) The Superintendent of State Police; (o) One member appointed by the Governor to act as a senior policy advisor for emergency operations; (p) A representative of the Oregon TITAN Fusion Center with the ability to organize and explain mission critical information, appointed by the Attorney General; and (q) Additional members appointed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management as the director may deem necessary. (4) Each member appointed to the council under subsection (3) of this section serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority. The membership of a public official ceases upon termination of the office held by the official at the time of appointment to the council. (5) The Governor is the chairperson of the council. (6) The Director of the Oregon Department of Emergency Management is the vice chairperson of the council and serves as the chairperson in the absence of the Governor. (7) Members of the council are not entitled to compensation under ORS 292.495. The director, in the director’s discretion, may reimburse members of the council as provided in ORS 292.495 for actual and necessary travel or other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the council. (8) A majority of the members of the council constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. (9) Official action by the council requires the approval of a majority of the members of the council. (10) If there is a vacancy for any cause, the appointing authority shall make an appointment to become immediately effective. (11) The council shall meet as needed to carry out the mission of the council, at times and places specified by the call of the chairperson or of a majority of the members of the council. (12) The council may adopt rules necessary for the operation of the council. (13) The council may employ and fix the compensation of such professional assistants and clerical and other employees as the council deems necessary for the effective conduct of its work. (14) All agencies of state government, as defined in ORS 174.111, are directed to assist the council in the performance of the duties of the council and, to the extent permitted by laws relating to confidentiality, to furnish information and advice the members of the council consider necessary to perform their duties. [Formerly 401.881; 2012 c.32 §2; 2019 c.282 §1; 2021 c.539 §147; 2022 c.55 §1]