Alabama Homeland Security Act

This act creates a state homeland security agency and gives it the authority to coordinate the state's homeland security functions. It establishes a department led by a director and a deputy director, defines their powers and duties, allows the agency to set personnel policies and salary schedules and to hire staff, permits it to accept services and support from the federal government and from private parties, and provides for appropriations as well as grants to counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions. It also creates a homeland security task force and a joint legislative committee to oversee the agency, grants the state immunity from liability, exempts certain information from public disclosure, sets penalties, and broadens the director's authority — exercised under the governor's direction and control — while an emergency declaration is in effect.

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