Subdivision 1. Authority to declare emergency. A local emergency may be declared only by the mayor of a municipality or the chair of a county board of commissioners or their legal successors. It may not be continued for a period in excess of three days except by or with the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision. Any order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local emergency must be given prompt and general publicity and filed promptly by the chief of the local record-keeping agency of the political subdivision.
Subd. 2. Effect of declaration of emergency. A declaration of a local emergency invokes necessary portions of the response and recovery aspects of applicable local or interjurisdictional disaster plans, and may authorize aid and assistance under those plans.
Subd. 3. Interjurisdictional agencies. No interjurisdictional agency or official may declare a local emergency unless expressly authorized by the agreement under which the agency functions. However, an interjurisdictional disaster agency shall provide aid and services in accordance with the agreement under which it functions.
1976 c 266 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 18
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 10 - 12B — Government Miscellany
Chapter 12 — Emergency Management
Section 12.02 — Policy Declaration.
Section 12.04 — Division Of Emergency Management.
Section 12.09 — Duties Of Division Of Emergency Management.
Section 12.11 — State Director; Personnel.
Section 12.13 — Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Response Planning.
Section 12.14 — Assessment For Nuclear Safety Preparedness Act.
Section 12.22 — Assistance, Acceptance, Rules.
Section 12.221 — Minnesota Natural Disaster Assistance.
Section 12.23 — Facilities, Utilization.
Section 12.24 — Regional Disaster Offices.
Section 12.25 — Local Organizations; Directors, Duties.
Section 12.26 — Political Subdivisions; Taxation, Appropriations.
Section 12.27 — Mutual Aid, Arrangements.
Section 12.28 — Governor's Orders, Rules; Enforcement.
Section 12.29 — Declaration Of Local Emergency.
Section 12.301 — Community Disaster Loans; Governor's Authority.
Section 12.31 — National Security Or Peacetime Emergency; Declaration.
Section 12.32 — Governor's Orders And Rules, Effect.
Section 12.33 — Assistance Between Political Subdivisions.
Section 12.331 — Local Assistance Between Political Subdivisions.
Section 12.34 — Assistance Required; Compensation For Property Taken; Penalty.
Section 12.35 — Activating Emergency Response Personnel.
Section 12.351 — Specialized Emergency Response Team.
Section 12.36 — Governor's Powers To Fast Provide Emergency Aid.
Section 12.37 — Political Subdivision's Powers To Fast Provide Emergency Aid.
Section 12.38 — State Agencies; Temporary Waiver Of Fees.
Section 12.381 — Safe Disposition Of Dead Human Bodies.
Section 12.39 — Individual Treatment; Notice, Refusal, Consequence.
Section 12.42 — Out-of-state License Holders; Powers, Duties.
Section 12.43 — Subversives; Hiring, Using; Oath.
Section 12.44 — Political Activities.
Section 12.45 — Violations, Penalties.
Section 12.46 — Limitation Of Powers.
Section 12.61 — Temporary Medical Care Facilities; Liability.