10-3-906. Intrastate mutual aid system -- initial participation -- withdrawing. (1) There is a Montana intrastate mutual aid system. The system is composed of and may be described as:
     (a) the member jurisdictions and any action taken by a member jurisdiction pursuant to this part;
     (b) the committee and any action taken by the committee pursuant to this part;
     (c) the guidelines and procedures described in 10-3-905(4);
     (d) any action taken with respect to requesting assistance for an emergency or disaster under this part; and
     (e) any action taken with respect to responding to a request for assistance for an emergency or disaster under this part.
     (2) Except as provided in subsection (4), every political subdivision of the state is part of the system.
     (3) A federally recognized Indian tribe that is located within the boundaries of the state may be a member jurisdiction upon:
     (a) adoption by the tribal government of a resolution declaring the tribe's desire to be a member jurisdiction; and
     (b) receipt by the division, as defined in 10-3-103, of a copy of the resolution.
     (4) A member jurisdiction may elect not to participate or to withdraw from the system upon:
     (a) adopting a resolution or ordinance declaring that the member jurisdiction elects not to participate in the system; and
     (b) receipt by the division, as defined in 10-3-103, of a copy of the resolution.
     (5) This section does not preclude a member jurisdiction from entering into any other agreement with another political subdivision and does not affect any other agreement to which a political subdivision is a party or may become a party.

     History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 354, L. 2005.