(a) Whenever a mobile support unit of another state shall render aid in this state pursuant to the orders of the governor of its home state and upon the request of the Governor of this state, this state shall reimburse such other state for the compensation paid and actual and necessary travel, subsistence, and maintenance expenses of the personnel of such mobile support unit while rendering such aid, and for all payments for death, disability, or injury of such personnel incurred in the course of rendering such aid, and for all losses of or damage to supplies and equipment of such other state or a political subdivision thereof resulting from the rendering of such aid; provided that the laws of such other state contain provisions substantially similar to this section or that provisions to the foregoing effect are embodied in a reciprocal mutual aid agreement or compact or that the federal government has authorized or agreed to make reimbursement for such mutual aid as provided in this section.
(b) No personnel of mobile support units of this state shall be ordered by the Governor to operate in any other state unless the laws of such other state contain provisions substantially similar to this section or unless the reciprocal mutual aid agreements or compacts include provisions providing for such reimbursement or unless such reimbursement will be made by the federal government by law or agreement.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.
Chapter 9 - Emergency Management.
Article 1 - Alabama Emergency Management Act of 1955.
Section 31-9-2 - Findings and Declarations of Necessity; Purpose of Article and Public Policy.
Section 31-9-4 - State Emergency Management Agency; Director of Emergency Management.
Section 31-9-6 - Powers and Duties of Governor With Respect to Emergency Management.
Section 31-9-7 - Mutual Interstate Aid Agreements and Compacts.
Section 31-9-8 - Emergency Powers of Governor.
Section 31-9-13 - Orders, Rules and Regulations of Governor - Effect; Distribution.
Section 31-9-14 - Orders, Rules, and Regulations of Governor - Enforcement.
Section 31-9-19 - Political Activities by Emergency Management Organizations.
Section 31-9-20 - Employment of Subversives by Emergency Management Organizations; Loyalty Oath.
Section 31-9-21 - Compensation Insurance for Emergency Management Workers and Trainees.
Section 31-9-23 - Article to Be Liberally Construed.
Section 31-9-24 - Regular and Emergency Appropriations; State Grants to Political Subdivisions.