§ 21. Powers and duties of commission. Because of the existing danger\nof disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from\nattack and in order to insure that the preparations of the state will be\nadequate to deal with such disasters and generally to provide for the\ncivil defense, and to assist other states and the federal government to\nachieve these objectives throughout the nation, the commission shall\nhave the following powers and perform the following duties:\n 1. To obtain from any public officer and any other person any and all\ninformation necessary for civil defense, including but not limited to\nthe nature, extent, location and availability for use, of manpower,\nskilled and unskilled; municipal agencies; land; food, fuel, feed and\nwater; housing, shelter and related facilities; hospitals, clinics and\nother health and welfare facilities; schools and other educational\nfacilities; sanitation facilities; recreation facilities; organizations,\nmaterials, power, plants and other facilities for production,\nmanufacturing, transportation, finance, agriculture, commerce and public\nhealth and safety.\n 2. Hold hearings and conduct investigations; the chairman, director or\nthe commission may issue a subpoena requiring a person to attend before\nthe commission and be examined in reference to any matter relating to\ncivil defense and in a proper case to bring with him a book, paper, or\nthing. The provisions of article twenty-three of the civil practice law\nand rules shall apply with respect to a subpoena issued pursuant to this\nsection. Any member of the commission or the director may administer an\noath to a witness.\n 3. Adopt, promulgate, supplement, rescind, modify and make effective a\ncomprehensive plan for the civil defense of the state, including but not\nlimited to provisions for:\n A. In General.\n a. Medical treatment, food, clothing and shelter and other items\nnecessary in the event of attack and during the period of rehabilitation\nand recovery following attack.\n b. Location, procurement, construction, processing, transportation,\nstoring, maintenance, renovation or distribution of materials and\nfacilities.\n c. Protection for every person in the state from fallout radiation and\nother dangers resulting from attack.\n d. Construction, installation and maintenance by owners and users of\nproperty of shelters and other devices and facilities essential to\npublic safety during and subsequent to attack.\n B. Organization and Administration.\n e. Programs for the training and information of the public, including\nbut not limited to the achievement of protection from fallout radiation\nand other dangers resulting from attack, practice blackouts, drills or\ntests, mobilization of civil defense forces, the shutting off of water\nmains, gas mains, electric power connections and the suspension of other\nutility services.\n f. Recruitment, organization, staffing, maintenance, equipment,\ntraining, mobilization and utilization of volunteer agencies either\ndirectly or through political subdivisions of the state.\n g. Equipment, training and utilization of municipal agencies.\n h. Establishment of control and report centers and other operational\nheadquarters and facilities.\n i. Warning systems and signals.\n j. Assignment, recruitment, organization, training and mobilization,\nin conjunction with the commissioner of transportation and the\ncommissioner of health, of all publicly owned construction and health\nservice equipment and publicly employed construction, radiological,\nhealth service and sanitation personnel into public works, public\nutility, monitoring, decontamination, rescue and health service teams.\n k. Identification, location and planning for the integration with such\npublicly equipped and publicly employed teams of all privately owned\nconstruction and health service equipment, all privately employed\nconstruction, radiological, health service and sanitation per
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