There is hereby established a Department of Civil Defense, hereinafter
called the Department. It shall be the function of the Department to have
charge of civil defense as defined in Chapter 639, § 1, Acts of
1950, to perform civil defense functions as authorized or directed by such
chapter or by any and all executive orders or general regulations promulgated
thereunder and to exercise any authority delegated to it by the Governor under
such chapter.
The Department of Civil Defense shall be under the direction of a Director
of Civil Defense, hereinafter called the Director, who shall be appointed
as prescribed by law. The Director shall have direct responsibility for the
organization, administration and operation of the Department, subject to the
direction and control of the appointing authority, and shall receive such
salary as may be fixed from time to time by the appointing authority. The
Director may, within the limits of the amount appropriated therefor, appoint
such experts, clerks and other assistants as the work of the Department may
require, may remove them, and may make such expenditures as may be necessary
to execute effectively the purpose of Chapter 639, Acts of 1950. The Director
shall also have authority to appoint district coordinators and may accept
and may receive on behalf of the town services, equipment, supplies, materials
or funds by way of gift, grant or loan for purposes of civil defense offered
by the federal government or any agency or officer thereof or any person,
firm or corporation subject to the terms of the offer and the rules and regulations,
if any, of the agency making the offer. The Director shall cause appropriate
records to be kept of all matters relating to such gifts, grants and loans.
There is hereby established a Civil Defense Advisory Council, hereinafter
called the Council. Such Council shall serve without pay and shall consist
of the Director of Civil Defense and such other department heads and persons
as the authority appointing the Director may deem necessary. Such members
of the council as the appointing authority shall designate shall serve subject
to the direction and control of the appointing authority and shall advise
such appointing authority and the Director on matters pertaining to civil
defense.
This chapter shall remain in force during the effective period of Chapter
639, Acts of 1950, and any act in amendment or continuation thereof or substitution
therefor.