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            A. The chief resilience officer shall:

            (1) Coordinate and provide strategic direction for governmental resilience initiatives in order to build long-term resilience for a robust, vibrant economic activity and a sustainable natural environment for Louisiana residents.

            (2) Provide technical guidance to agencies, as well as local and regional jurisdictions, to integrate statewide resilience goals into future projects, plans, and programs.

            (3) Review and reconcile state agency comments on federally sponsored resilience and risk mitigation activities to establish and present an official state position.

            (4) Pursue all available federal and private funds consistent with the purposes of this Part.

            (5) Coordinate with the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for emergency management and disaster response.

            B. The chief resilience officer, subject to the approval of the governor, shall:

            (1) Coordinate state agency powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities relative to reducing risk and protecting communities, businesses, vital infrastructure, and the environment, including flood risk mitigation and disaster housing.

            (2) Coordinate all state departmental budget requests for programs and projects pertaining to resilience and risk mitigation.

            (3) Appraise the adequacy of statutory and administrative mechanisms for coordinating the state’s policies and programs at both the intrastate and interstate levels with respect to resilience and risk mitigation.

            (4) Appraise the adequacy of federal, regional, state, and local programs to achieve the policies and meet the goals of the state with respect to resilience and risk mitigation.

            (5) Coordinate and focus federal involvement in Louisiana with respect to resilience and risk mitigation.

            (6) Provide official state recommendations to the legislature and congress with respect to policies, programs, and coordinating mechanisms relative to resilience and risk mitigation.

            (7) Assist with the state’s planning efforts including the Coastal Master Plan, the State Hazard Mitigation Plan, and the Statewide Watershed Management Plan to ensure the incorporation and alignment of the state’s resilience goals and objectives into a unified, proactive, pre-disaster approach to adaptation and long-term resilience.

            (8) Represent the resilience and risk mitigation policy of the state at the federal, regional, state, and local levels.

            Acts 2023, No. 315, §1, eff. June 13, 2023.