RSA 4:47 Emergency Management Powers.
Title: I - THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter: 4 - POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL IN CERTAIN CASES
The governor shall have emergency management authority as defined in RSA 21-P:35, V, and pursuant to such authority may exercise emergency management powers including:
I. The power to enter into mutual aid agreements with other states relative to emergency management issues.
II. The power to provide for emergency lines of succession to such appointive offices in the state government as the governor in his or her discretion deems to be necessary to insure reasonable continuity of state government in the event of a disaster.
III. The power to make, amend, suspend, and rescind necessary orders, rules, and regulations to carry out the provisions of this subdivision in the event of a disaster beyond local control; provided that civil liberties shall on no account be sus