This act [12-10B-1 to 12-10B-10 NMSA 1978] may be cited as the “Intrastate Mutual Aid Act”. History: Laws 2006, ch. 97, § 1. ANNOTATIONS Emergency clause. — Laws 2006, ch. 97, § 11 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 7, 2006.
Except as provided in Section 9 [12-10B-9 NMSA 1978] of the Intrastate Mutual Aid Act, a person responding to a request for aid by a member jurisdiction and who is under the operational control of that member jurisdiction, as provided in Section 6 [12-10B-6 NMSA 1978] of the Intrastate Mutual Aid Act, is considered for […]
As used in the Intrastate Mutual Aid Act: A. “committee” means the intrastate mutual aid committee; B. “disaster” means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from a natural or artificial cause, including tornadoes, windstorms, snowstorms, wind-driven water, high water, floods, earthquakes, landslides, mudslides, […]
A. The “intrastate mutual aid committee” is created. The committee shall consist of eleven members appointed by the governor, including a representative of the department of public safety and the governor’s homeland security advisor who shall be a permanent member and the presiding officer of the committee. The members shall represent emergency management and response […]
A. The “intrastate mutual aid system” is created. The system, pursuant to the Intrastate Mutual Aid Act, is composed of and may be described as: (1) member jurisdictions and action taken by a member jurisdiction; (2) the committee and action taken by the committee; (3) guidelines and procedures; (4) action taken with respect to requesting […]
A. A member jurisdiction may request aid from another member jurisdiction: (1) to prevent, mitigate, respond to or recover from an emergency or disaster; or (2) in concert with drills or exercises between member jurisdictions. B. A request for aid shall be made by or through the presiding officer of the governing body of a […]
A member jurisdiction that responds to a request to provide aid to prevent, mitigate, respond to or recover from an emergency or disaster or in drills or exercises is subject to the following conditions: A. a member jurisdiction that responds to a request for aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable […]
If a person holds a license, certificate, permit or similar documentation that evidences the person’s qualifications in a professional, mechanical or other skill and the aid of the person is requested by a member jurisdiction, the person is: A. considered to be licensed, certified, permitted or otherwise documented in the member jurisdiction that requests aid […]
A. A requesting member jurisdiction shall reimburse, to the extent permitted by law, each member jurisdiction that responds to a request for aid and renders aid under the system, unless the responding member jurisdiction donates all or a portion of the cost of the aid to the requesting member jurisdiction. B. A request for reimbursement […]
A. If a person is an employee of a member jurisdiction that responds to a request for aid under the system and the person sustains injury in the course of providing the requested aid, the person is entitled to all applicable benefits, including workers’ compensation benefits, that are normally available to the person as an […]
