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

Montana Code Annotated 2017

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.