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Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security
Section 28-1. - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: (1) “Attack” means any attack...
Section 28-1a. - Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security. Powers and duties of commissioner. Regulations. Memorandum of understanding. - (a) With reasonable conformance to applicable federal statutes and administrative...
Section 28-1b. - State-wide Emergency Management and Homeland Security Coordinating Council: Duties; members; chairpersons; meetings; vacancies; annual report. - Section 28-1b is repealed, effective July 1, 2011. (P.A. 04-219,...
Section 28-1h. - Direct allocation of financial assistance to municipalities or local or regional agencies. - Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to require municipalities...
Section 28-1i. - Annual report to General Assembly re state-wide emergency management and homeland security activities. - Not later than January first, annually, the Commissioner of Emergency...
Section 28-1j. - Designation of hazard zone re liquefied natural gas terminal: Recommendations; approval; notice; hearings; vote; notification. - (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of...
Section 28-1k. - Designation of security zone re liquefied natural gas terminal: Recommendations; approval; notice; hearing; vote; notification. - (a) The Attorney General, in consultation with the Commissioner of...
Section 28-1l. - Annual report to General Assembly re homeland preparedness and emergency response planning and activities for children. - On or before January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 28-2. - Emergency management. Director. Office. - Section 28-2 is repealed, effective January 1, 2005. (June, 1951,...
Section 28-3. - Political activity. - No organization for civil preparedness established under the authority of...
Section 28-4. - Agreements with other states. Local offices. - With the approval of the Governor, the commissioner or the...
Section 28-5. - Preparation for civil preparedness. Subpoenas. Comprehensive plan and program for civil preparedness. Training programs. Cooperation by other state agencies. Orders and regulations. - (a) The commissioner may make studies and surveys of the...
Section 28-6. - Mutual aid or mobile support units. - (a) All civil preparedness units, forces, facilities, supplies and equipment...
Section 28-7. - Local and joint organizations: Organization; powers; temporary aid. - (a) Each town or city of the state shall establish...
Section 28-8. - Outside aid by local police, fire or other preparedness forces. - (a) At the request of the chief executive authority of...
Section 28-8a. - Municipal chief executive officers' powers during emergency. Benefits for certain persons assisting during emergency. Procedure for payment. - (a) The chief executive officer of the municipality in which...
Section 28-8b. - Use of nerve agent antidote medications. - (a) Any paid or volunteer firefighter, police officer or emergency...
Section 28-9. - Civil preparedness or public health emergency; Governor's powers. Modification or suspension of statutes, regulations or other requirements. - (a) In the event of serious disaster, enemy attack, sabotage...
Section 28-9a. - Governor's further powers. - (a) Whenever the Governor proclaims a disaster emergency under the...
Section 28-9b. - Governor's authority concerning federal loans to state political subdivisions. - Whenever, at the request of the Governor, the President has...
Section 28-9c. - Removal of debris or wreckage. Governor's powers. - (a) Whenever the Governor has declared a disaster emergency to...
Section 28-9d. - Federal assistance for individual or family disaster-related expenses. - (a) Whenever the President, at the request of the Governor,...
Section 28-10. - Special session of General Assembly. - Section 28-10 is repealed. (June, 1951, S. 1914d; P.A. 73-544,...
Section 28-11. - Taking of property during emergency. - (a) During the existence of a civil preparedness or public...
Section 28-12. - Loyalty oath. Roster of members. - No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity...
Section 28-13. - Immunity from liability. Penalty for denial of access to property during civil preparedness emergency. - (a) Neither the state nor any political subdivision of the...
Section 28-14. - Compensation for death, disability or injury. - (a) All members of any auxiliary police, auxiliary fire or...
Section 28-14a. - Compensation of volunteers with volunteer organizations that conduct homeland security drills. Compensation for injury, disability or death. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “volunteer organization” means...
Section 28-15. - Acceptance of federal or other assistance. Nondiscrimination. - (a) Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer...
Section 28-16. - Stockpile of supplies. - The commissioner is empowered, in anticipation of war, attack, sabotage...
Section 28-17. - Employees not to be discharged for civil preparedness activity or eligibility for induction. - No employee shall be discharged because he is a member...
Section 28-17a. - Employment protection for civil air patrol members. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Civil air patrol”...
Section 28-18. - Execution of orders and regulations. - All civil preparedness forces established pursuant to this chapter and...
Section 28-19. - Appointees to be fingerprinted. - Section 28-19 is repealed. (1953, S. 1924d; 1959, P.A. 134.)
Section 28-20. - Agreements for storage of federally-owned property. - The commissioner and the director of any local civil preparedness...
Section 28-21. - Use of premises as shelter. - Any person owning or controlling real estate or other premises,...
Section 28-22. - Penalty. - Any person who, wilfully and without lawful authority, destroys or...
Chapter 517a - Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact
Section 28-22a. - Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact. - Intrastate Mutual Aid Compact. Article I. Purposes This compact shall...
Chapter 517b - International Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Section 28-22d. - International Emergency Management Assistance Compact. - This state hereby joins in a compact with such other...
Chapter 518 - (Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact) Emergency Management Assistance Compact
Section 28-23. - Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact. - Section 28-23 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (1951, S....
Section 28-23a. - Emergency Management Assistance Compact. - This state hereby joins in a compact with such other...
Chapter 518a - Emergency Telecommunications
Section 28-24. - Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications. Enhanced emergency 9-1-1 program. Funding. - (a) There is established a Division of State-Wide Emergency Telecommunications...
Section 28-25. - Enhanced 9-1-1 service and next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system. Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 28-25a to 28-29b,...
Section 28-25a. - Responsibilities of telephone companies and municipalities. - (a)(1) In order to establish the state-wide enhanced 9-1-1 service,...
Section 28-25b. - Public safety answering points. Automatic alarms or alerting devices. Private safety answering points. Report. Emergency medical dispatch. - (a) Each public safety answering point shall be capable of...
Section 28-26. - Conversion of coin telephones for provision of enhanced 9-1-1 service. - As enhanced 9-1-1 service becomes available, each telephone company shall...
Section 28-27. - Implementation of enhanced 9-1-1 service and next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system. Technical and operational standards. Regulations. - (a) The division shall, subject to review by the commission,...
Section 28-27a. - Municipalities and public safety answering points to submit 9-1-1 service utilization plan. - (a) Any municipality proposing the creation of a public safety...
Section 28-28. - Emergency service requests from outside of jurisdiction. Advertisement of emergency telephone numbers other than 9-1-1 prohibited. - (a) A public safety agency which receives a request for...
Section 28-28a. - Provision of subscriber information: Permitted purposes; confidentiality; agreement. Immunity from liability. - (a) A telephone company or voice over Internet protocol service...
Section 28-28b. - Municipal responsibilities. - Each municipality shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance...
Section 28-29. - Institution of civil proceedings by Attorney General. - The Attorney General may, at the request of the division,...
Section 28-29a. - E 9-1-1 Commission. - (a) There is established an E 9-1-1 Commission to (1)...
Section 28-29b. - Annual report to General Assembly. - The division, subject to the review and approval of the...
Section 28-30. - Definitions. Certification of telecommunicators and instructors. Revocation, suspension or refusal to renew certification. Automatic certification. Indemnification. Regulations. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Telecommunications” means...
Section 28-30a. - Enhanced 9-1-1 Telecommunications Fund. - (a) There is established a fund to be known as...
Section 28-30b. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Definitions. - As used in sections 28-30a, 28-30b, 28-30d, 28-30e and 28-30f:...
Section 28-30c. - Active prepaid wireless telephone service providers. Assessment of subscriber fee. - Section 28-30c is repealed, effective January 1, 2013. (P.A. 07-106,...
Section 28-30d. - VOIP service providers. Assessment of subscriber fee. - Each VOIP service provider shall assess a monthly fee against...
Section 28-30e. - Assessment and collection of prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee. - (a) Each consumer shall be assessed a prepaid wireless E...
Section 28-30f. - Seller to remit prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee to Department of Revenue Services. Procedures. - (a) Any seller who collects a prepaid wireless E 9-1-1...
Chapter 518b - Nuclear Preparedness
Section 28-31. - Nuclear safety emergency preparedness: Account; program; plan. - (a) The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall establish a nuclear...
Chapter 518c - Pharmaceutical Preparedness
Section 28-32. - Pharmaceutical preparedness: Definitions. Transfer or distribution of drugs, controlled substances or medical devices during emergency. - (a) For purposes of this section and section 28-32a: (1)...
Section 28-32a. - Pharmaceutical preparedness: Inventory report. Confidentiality of information. Regulations. Penalties. - (a) Each licensed wholesaler that distributes prescription drugs, including licensed...