§ 166A-21 – Definitions.
166A-21. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Department. – The Department of Public Safety. (2) Division. – The Division of Emergency Management. (3) Hazardous material. – Any material defined as a hazardous substance under 29 Code of Federal Regulations 1910.120(a)(3). (4) Hazardous materials emergency response team or hazmat team. – An organized […]
§ 166A-22 – Hazardous materials emergency response program.
166A-22. Hazardous materials emergency response program. (a) The Secretary shall adopt rules establishing a regional response program for hazardous materials emergencies and terrorist incidents, to be administered by the Division of Emergency Management. To the extent possible, the regional response program shall be coordinated with other emergency planning activities of the State. The regional response […]
§ 166A-19.62 – Civil liability of persons who willfully ignore a warning in an emergency.
166A-19.62. Civil liability of persons who willfully ignore a warning in an emergency. In an emergency, a person who willfully ignores a warning regarding personal safety issued by a federal, State, or local law enforcement agency, emergency management agency, or other governmental agency responsible for emergency management under this Article is civilly liable for the […]
§ 166A-19.70 – Ensuring availability of emergency supplies and utility services; protection of livestock, poultry, and agricultural crops.
166A-19.70. Ensuring availability of emergency supplies and utility services; protection of livestock, poultry, and agricultural crops. (a) Executive Order. – In addition to any other powers conferred on the Governor by law, whenever a curfew has been imposed, the Governor may declare by executive order that the health, safety, or economic well-being of persons or […]
§ 166A-19.70A – Facilitate critical infrastructure disaster relief.
166A-19.70A. Facilitate critical infrastructure disaster relief. (a) Purpose. – The State finds that it is appropriate to exclude nonresident businesses and nonresident employees who temporarily come to this State at the request of a critical infrastructure company solely to perform disaster-related work during a disaster response period from the following tax and regulatory requirements: (1) […]
§ 166A-19.71 – Accept services, gifts, grants, and loans.
166A-19.71. Accept services, gifts, grants, and loans. Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof or of any person, firm, or corporation shall offer to the State, or through the State to any political subdivision thereof, services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan, for emergency management purposes, […]
§ 166A-19.72 – Establishment of mutual aid agreements.
166A-19.72. Establishment of mutual aid agreements. (a) Governor Authorized to Enter Agreements with Other States and Federal Government. – The Governor may establish mutual aid agreements with other states and with the federal government provided that any special agreements so negotiated are within the Governor’s authority. (b) Governor Authorized to Enter Agreements with Political Subdivisions. […]
§ 166A-19.73 – Compensation.
166A-19.73. Compensation. (a) Extent of Compensation. – Compensation for services or for the taking or use of property shall be only to the extent that legal obligations of individual citizens are exceeded in a particular case and then only to the extent that the claimant has not been deemed to have volunteered his services or […]
§ 166A-19.74 – Nondiscrimination in emergency management.
166A-19.74. Nondiscrimination in emergency management. State and local governmental bodies and other organizations and personnel who carry out emergency management functions under the provisions of this Article are required to do so in an equitable and impartial manner. Such State and local governmental bodies, organizations, and personnel shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, […]
§ 166A-19.75 – Emergency management personnel.
166A-19.75. Emergency management personnel. (a) Limitation. – No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any emergency management agency established under this Article if that person does or has done any of the following: (1) Advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the Government […]