As used in this chapter, the term “local emergency” means the existence of conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a political subdivision of the state or on a campus of an institution within the University System of Georgia or the Technical College System of Georgia caused by natural disasters, riots, civil disturbances, or other situations presenting major law enforcement and other public safety problems, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of that political subdivision of the state and which require the combined forces of other political subdivisions of the state to combat.
History. Code 1981, § 36-69-2 , enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 887, § 1; Ga. L. 1990, p. 1959, § 1; Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407.
The 2018 amendment, effective July 1, 2018, inserted “or the Technical College System of Georgia” after “University System of Georgia” in this Code section.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2018, p. 550, § 5-4/SB 407, which amended this Code section, purported to amend Code Section 36-36-2 but actually amended Code Section 36-69-2.
Structure Georgia Code
§ 36-69-2. “Local Emergency” Defined
§ 36-69-3.1. Out-of-State Contracts and Mutual Aid Agreements
§ 36-69-5. Responsibility for Expenses and Compensation of Employees
§ 36-69-6. Applicability of Privileges, Immunities, Exemptions, and Benefits
§ 36-69-7. Liability for Acts or Omissions of Responding Agency Employees
§ 36-69-8. Construction of Chapter