SB3540 - Tennessee - Homeland Security

Companion Bill HB3273. Homeland Security - Establishes minimum requirements for the local emergency management director. - Amends TCA Title 58, Chapter 2, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB3540 / *HB3273Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3540 / *HB3273 Present law generally requires a county to establish and maintain an emergency management agency to perform emergency management functions within the county. Present law requires the local governing body to appoint a director for the county emergency management agency. The director must meet the minimum training and education qualifications established in a job description approved by the county. This bill revises the above provision regarding the director's qualifications to instead require a director to meet the following minimum qualifications: (1) Possess [...]

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