Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-33.5-1504. Local emergency planning committees--creation and duties

(1) The subcommittee shall designate local emergency planning districts to develop emergency response and preparedness capabilities in accordance with the federal act. The boundaries of such districts shall be the same as the boundaries of either a county, municipality, or a combination thereof.

(2) Upon the request of the subcommittee, the primary governing body having jurisdiction over the local emergency planning district, the county commissioners, or the city council, as the case may be, shall provide nominations for membership on the local emergency planning committee. The subcommittee shall appoint members of a local emergency planning committee for each emergency planning district in accordance with the federal act. For local emergency planning districts for which no nominations have been submitted by the governing body, the subcommittee may designate either the county commissioners or city council, as the case may be, to serve as the local emergency planning committee.

(3) Local emergency planning committees shall perform the duties described under the federal act.

(4) Unless another entity is so designated by the governor, the subcommittee is the state emergency response commission required under the federal act.