1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 10
  3. CHAPTER 3
  4. Part 4
  5. 10-3-402 Local emergency -- declaration and termination

TITLE 10. MILITARY AFFAIRS AND DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

CHAPTER 3. DISASTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES

Part 4. Local and Interjurisdictional Planning and Execution

Local Emergency -- Declaration And Termination

10-3-402. Local emergency -- declaration and termination. (1) A local emergency proclamation or disaster declaration may be issued only by the principal executive officer of a political subdivision.

(2) An emergency proclamation may be issued by order or resolution whenever the principal executive officer determines there is an emergency.

(3) An emergency proclamation may terminate with a disaster declaration or when the principal executive officer determines that the emergency no longer exists.

History: En. 77-2307.2 by Sec. 9, Ch. 335, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 77-2307.2(1), (2); amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 595, L. 1989.