108:1 Authority. – The Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as approved by the United States Congress, P.L. 104-321, hereinafter "EMAC," and the Northeastern American/Canadian Emergency Management Assistance Compact, as authorized by Article IV(c) of the 1986 Agreement between the United States and Canada on Cooperation in Comprehensive Emergency Planning and Management, hereinafter "NAEMAC," is made […]
108:2 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. "Party jurisdiction" as to EMAC means the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions and is intended to mean the same as "party state" in United States P.L. 104-321; as to NAEMAC, party jurisdiction means the several northeastern […]
108:3 Compact. – Article I. Purpose and Authorities (a) The purpose of this compact is to provide mutual assistance between the party jurisdictions entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the governor of the affected jurisdiction or jurisdictions, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man-made […]
