Mississippi Code
Chapter 15 - Emergency Management and Civil Defense
Article 1 - Emergency Management Law

§ 33-15-1. Short title - This article may be cited as the "Mississippi Emergency Management...

§ 33-15-3. Policy and purpose - Because of the existing and increasing possibility of the occurrence...

§ 33-15-5. Definitions - The following words, whenever used in this article shall, unless...

§ 33-15-7. Mississippi Emergency Management Agency established; director and other personnel - There is hereby created within the executive branch of the...

§ 33-15-11. Emergency management powers of Governor - The Governor shall have general direction and control of the...

§ 33-15-13. Emergency powers of Governor - In the event of actual or impending enemy attack, as...

§ 33-15-14. Preparation and maintenance of state comprehensive emergency management plan - 2. The agency shall prepare an interim postdisaster response and...

§ 33-15-15. Mobile support units - The agency is authorized to provide, within or without the...

§ 33-15-17. Local organization of emergency management - Each county and municipality, or counties and the municipalities therein...

§ 33-15-19. Mutual aid arrangements - The governing body of a municipality or county of the...

§ 33-15-21. Immunity - Neither the state nor any political subdivision thereof, nor other...

§ 33-15-23. Funds - For the purpose of paying any expenses of its local...

§ 33-15-25. Matching funds - The Governor of the State of Mississippi is authorized to...

§ 33-15-27. Authority to accept services, gifts, grants and loans - Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof...

§ 33-15-29. Utilization of existing services and facilities - In carrying out the provisions of this article, the Governor...

§ 33-15-31. Orders, rules and regulations - The governing bodies of the political subdivisions of the state...

§ 33-15-33. Political activity prohibited - No individual employed by or for an organization for emergency...

§ 33-15-37. Enforcement - It shall be the duty of every organization for emergency...

§ 33-15-39. Peace officers - Any county or municipality, through its governing board, and with...

§ 33-15-41. Arrests - Any emergency management auxiliary policeman who has had conferred upon...

§ 33-15-43. Penalties - Any person violating any provision of this article or any...

§ 33-15-45. Local emergency management councils continued - All local emergency management councils heretofore created under the provisions...

§ 33-15-47. Liberality of construction - This article shall be construed liberally in order to effectuate...

§ 33-15-49. Emergency use of state or local personnel and equipment authorized; limitation of liability - In the event an impending enemy attack, an enemy attack,...

§ 33-15-51. Grand Gulf Disaster Assistance Trust Fund - The Grand Gulf Disaster Assistance Trust Fund is hereby created...

§ 33-15-53. State emergency coordination officers - The head of each state department, agency or commission shall...