(1) The general assembly finds and declares that:
The various agencies of this state concerned with public safety have functioned independently and without central direction or focus;
Consolidation of these agencies under a single department would provide the statewith greater responsibility for and direction of the several aspects of the public safety system without creating a new bureaucracy; and
The several state agencies thus brought together would benefit from such an association.
Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 918, § 1, effective July 1, 1984.