Alabama · Through Act 2026-611

Ala. Code § 27-2-82: Alabama Resilience Council - Duties.

The duties of the Alabama Resilience Council shall be as follows:
(1) Develop strategies to guide statewide resilience efforts by prioritizing objectives reflecting pressing resilience challenges. To this end, the council shall regularly convene government and private-sector stakeholders with different perspectives and interests to facilitate planning across jurisdictions and sectors and thereby to avoid cascading failures. The council shall develop principles to guide the work of state government in carrying out its resilience initiatives.
(2) Assist the Chief Resilience Officer in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the statewide resilience plan.
(3) Solicit participation of the private sector in programs to collectively strengthen the resilience of businesses and communities. The council shall engage the private sector to reduce costs from lost productivity and pursue joint, public-private efforts to avoid infrastructure damages.
(4) Improve the public’s ability to assess risk management alternatives by reducing the complexity of risk information for nontechnical audiences, by generating and sharing reliable information that helps decision-makers identify and select risk-reduction alternatives, and by providing guidance about assistance programs and funding opportunities based on needs, cost effectiveness, feasibility, potential resources, and returns on investment.
(5) Develop, pursue, and support federal and state policies and programs that promote innovative and flexible solutions for achieving individual, community, and statewide resilience.
(6) Provide support and assistance in the preparation and maintenance of the state hazard mitigation plan, as contemplated by the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C § 5121 et seq., or any successor federal statute, provided that the Alabama Emergency Management Agency shall be responsible for administrative maintenance and day-to-day execution of the plan.
(7) Identify and pursue funding opportunities to promote resilience in the State of Alabama .

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Title 27 Insurance.
Chapter 2 Department and Commissioner of Insurance.
Article 3

The duties of the Alabama Resilience Council shall be as follows:

(1) Develop strategies to guide statewide resilience efforts by prioritizing objectives reflecting pressing resilience challenges. To this end, the council shall regularly convene government and private-sector stakeholders with different perspectives and interests to facilitate planning across jurisdictions and sectors and thereby to avoid cascading failures. The council shall develop principles to guide the work of state government in carrying out its resilience initiatives.

(2) Assist the Chief Resilience Officer in the development, maintenance, and implementation of the statewide resilience plan.

(3) Solicit participation of the private sector in programs to collectively strengthen the resilience of businesses and communities. The council shall engage the private sector to reduce costs from lost productivity and pursue joint, public-private efforts to avoid infrastructure damages.

(4) Improve the public’s ability to assess risk management alternatives by reducing the complexity of risk information for nontechnical audiences, by generating and sharing reliable information that helps decision-makers identify and select risk-reduction alternatives, and by providing guidance about assistance programs and funding opportunities based on needs, cost effectiveness, feasibility, potential resources, and returns on investment.

(5) Develop, pursue, and support federal and state policies and programs that promote innovative and flexible solutions for achieving individual, community, and statewide resilience.

(6) Provide support and assistance in the preparation and maintenance of the state hazard mitigation plan, as contemplated by the federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, 42 U.S.C § 5121 et seq., or any successor federal statute, provided that the Alabama Emergency Management Agency shall be responsible for administrative maintenance and day-to-day execution of the plan.

(7) Identify and pursue funding opportunities to promote resilience in the State of Alabama .

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