UTAH CODE (Last Updated: January 16, 2015) |
Title 53. Public Safety Code |
Chapter 2a. Emergency Management Act |
Part 2. Disaster Response and Recovery Act |
§ 53-2a-208. Local emergency -- Declarations.
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(2) A declaration of a local emergency: (a) constitutes an official recognition that a disaster situation exists within the affected municipality or county; (b) provides a legal basis for requesting and obtaining mutual aid or disaster assistance from other political subdivisions or from the state or federal government; (c) activates the response and recovery aspects of any and all applicable local disaster emergency plans; and (d) authorizes the furnishing of aid and assistance in relation to the proclamation. (3) A local emergency proclamation issued under this section shall state: (a) the nature of the local emergency; (b) the area or areas that are affected or threatened; and (c) the conditions which caused the emergency. (4) The emergency declaration process within the state shall be as follows: (a) a city, town, or township shall declare to the county; (b) a county shall declare to the state; (c) the state shall declare to the federal government; and (d) a tribe, as defined in Section 23-13-12.5, shall declare as determined under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5121 et seq. (5) Nothing in this part affects: (a) the governor's authority to declare a state of emergency under Section 53-2a-206; or (b) the duties, requests, reimbursements, or other actions taken by a political subdivision participating in the state-wide mutual aid system pursuant to Title 53, Chapter 2a, Part 3, Statewide Mutual Aid Act.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 295, 2013 General Session