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Part 1. General Provisions and Administration
10-3-101. Declaration of policy - 10-3-101. Declaration of policy. Because of the existing and increasing...
10-3-102. Limitations - 10-3-102. Limitations. Parts 1 through 4 of this chapter may...
10-3-103. Definitions - 10-3-103. Definitions. As used in parts 1 through 4 of...
10-3-104. General authority of governor - 10-3-104. General authority of governor. (1) The legislature finds that...
10-3-105. Division of disaster and emergency services -- duties - 10-3-105. Division of disaster and emergency services -- duties. (1)...
10-3-106. Communications - 10-3-106. Communications. (1) The division shall coordinate whatever means exist...
10-3-107. National defense highway plans - 10-3-107. National defense highway plans. The department of military affairs...
10-3-108. and 10-3-109 reserved - 10-3-108 and 10-3-109 reserved.
10-3-110. Medical services during declared emergency or disaster -- limitation of liability -- administrative disciplinary sanctions - 10-3-110. Medical services during declared emergency or disaster -- limitation...
10-3-111. Personnel immune from liability - 10-3-111. Personnel immune from liability. (1) The state, a political...
10-3-112. Employment requirements for personnel -- political involvement of organizations prohibited - 10-3-112. Employment requirements for personnel -- political involvement of organizations...
10-3-113. Identification -- civil defense symbol - 10-3-113. Identification -- civil defense symbol. Disaster and emergency services...
10-3-114. Confiscation of firearm and certain actions by government prohibited -- private right of action -- costs and expenses - 10-3-114. Confiscation of firearm and certain actions by government prohibited...
10-3-115. through 10-3-117 reserved - 10-3-115 through 10-3-117 reserved.
10-3-118. Interstate licensure recognition -- volunteer professionals - 10-3-118. Interstate licensure recognition -- volunteer professionals. (1) (a) Subject...
10-3-119. Administrative disciplinary sanctions - 10-3-119. Administrative disciplinary sanctions. (1) A licensing board or a...
10-3-120. Rulemaking authority - 10-3-120. Rulemaking authority. The department of labor and industry may...
10-3-121. Statement of purpose -- legislative poll -- legislative oversight of election law suspensions - 10-3-121. Statement of purpose -- legislative poll -- legislative oversight...
10-3-122. Legislative poll -- continuation of state of emergency or disaster - 10-3-122. Legislative poll -- continuation of state of emergency or...
10-3-123. Claim or defense against state action -- remedies -- limitations - 10-3-123. Claim or defense against state action -- remedies --...
10-3-124. Protections against government discrimination - 10-3-124. Protections against government discrimination. An agency or a political...
10-3-125. Claims or defense against state action -- remedies -- limitations - 10-3-125. Claims or defense against state action -- remedies --...
Part 2. Intergovernmental Cooperation
10-3-201. Local and interjurisdictional emergency and disaster agencies and services - 10-3-201. Local and interjurisdictional emergency and disaster agencies and services....
10-3-202. Mutual aid -- cooperation - 10-3-202. Mutual aid -- cooperation. (1) Political subdivisions and governmental...
10-3-203. Acceptance of services, gifts, grants, and loans - 10-3-203. Acceptance of services, gifts, grants, and loans. (1) Whenever...
10-3-204. Intergovernmental arrangements - 10-3-204. Intergovernmental arrangements. (1) This state enacts into law and...
10-3-205. Authority to join interstate mutual aid compact -- supplemental agreements - 10-3-205. Authority to join interstate mutual aid compact -- supplemental...
10-3-206. Repealed - 10-3-206. Repealed. Sec. 5, Ch. 228, L. 1985. History: En....
10-3-207. Text of compact - 10-3-207. Text of compact. The interstate mutual aid compact referred...
10-3-208. Rulemaking authority - 10-3-208. Rulemaking authority. The department of military affairs may adopt...
10-3-209. Political subdivision requests for assistance -- application to fire districts, fire service areas, and fire companies in unincorporated places -- immunity - 10-3-209. Political subdivision requests for assistance -- application to fire...
10-3-210. Statement of policy -- poll of legislature -- expenditure plan for unanticipated funds - 10-3-210. Statement of policy -- poll of legislature -- expenditure...
Part 3. State Planning and Execution
10-3-301. State disaster and emergency plan - 10-3-301. State disaster and emergency plan. (1) The state disaster...
10-3-302. Repealed - 10-3-302. Repealed. Sec. 13, Ch. 504, L. 2021. History: En....
10-3-303. Declaration of emergency or disaster -- effect and termination - 10-3-303. Declaration of emergency or disaster -- effect and termination....
10-3-304. Dissemination - 10-3-304. Dissemination. An executive order or proclamation issued under this...
10-3-305. Governor commander-in-chief -- duties - 10-3-305. Governor commander-in-chief -- duties. (1) During an incident and...
10-3-306. through 10-3-309 reserved - 10-3-306 through 10-3-309 reserved.
10-3-310. Incident response -- authority -- appropriation -- expenditures -- recovery -- rules - 10-3-310. Incident response -- authority -- appropriation -- expenditures --...
10-3-311. Emergency or disaster expenditures -- restrictions - 10-3-311. Emergency or disaster expenditures -- restrictions. (1) The governor...
10-3-312. Maximum expenditure by governor -- appropriation - 10-3-312. Maximum expenditure by governor -- appropriation. (1) Whenever a...
10-3-313. Temporary housing for disaster victims -- site acquisition and preparation - 10-3-313. Temporary housing for disaster victims -- site acquisition and...
10-3-314. Community disaster loans - 10-3-314. Community disaster loans. Whenever, at the request of the...
10-3-315. Debris and wreckage removal in emergencies or disasters - 10-3-315. Debris and wreckage removal in emergencies or disasters. (1)...
Part 4. Local and Interjurisdictional Planning and Execution
10-3-401. Local and interjurisdictional disaster and emergency plan -- distribution - 10-3-401. Local and interjurisdictional disaster and emergency plan -- distribution....
10-3-402. Local emergency -- declaration and termination - 10-3-402. Local emergency -- declaration and termination. (1) A local...
10-3-403. Local disaster -- declaration and termination - 10-3-403. Local disaster -- declaration and termination. (1) A disaster...
10-3-404. Contents of order -- effect - 10-3-404. Contents of order -- effect. (1) An order or...
10-3-405. Levying emergency tax -- disposition of surplus - 10-3-405. Levying emergency tax -- disposition of surplus. (1) The...
10-3-406. Authority of principal executive officer - 10-3-406. Authority of principal executive officer. (1) Upon the declaration...
Part 5. Emergency Resource Management
10-3-501. Policy of state - 10-3-501. Policy of state. (1) The legislature recognizes that an...
10-3-502. Definitions - 10-3-502. Definitions. Unless the context requires otherwise, in this part...
10-3-503. Governor's powers and duties - 10-3-503. Governor's powers and duties. (1) The governor has general...
10-3-504. Emergency resources management plan - 10-3-504. Emergency resources management plan. The emergency resources management plan...
10-3-505. Proclamation of emergency -- effect and termination - 10-3-505. Proclamation of emergency -- effect and termination. (1) Following...
10-3-506. Judicial inquiry of proclamation - 10-3-506. Judicial inquiry of proclamation. Every proclamation and the facts...
10-3-507. Penalty for violation of rules - 10-3-507. Penalty for violation of rules. A person violating any...
Part 6. Continuity of Government
10-3-601. Citation of part - 10-3-601. Citation of part. This part may be cited as...
10-3-602. Filling vacancy in governorship - 10-3-602. Filling vacancy in governorship. Following an enemy attack, the...
10-3-603. Filling vacancy in boards of county commissioners - 10-3-603. Filling vacancy in boards of county commissioners. In case...
10-3-604. Filling vacancy in city or town governing bodies - 10-3-604. Filling vacancy in city or town governing bodies. In...
10-3-605. Filling vacancy for city or town executive - 10-3-605. Filling vacancy for city or town executive. If the...
10-3-606. Quorum requirement - 10-3-606. Quorum requirement. If, following an enemy attack, the legislature...
10-3-607. Relocating seat of state government - 10-3-607. Relocating seat of state government. If the seat of...
10-3-608. Relocating seat of local government - 10-3-608. Relocating seat of local government. Following an enemy attack...
10-3-609. Part inoperative upon convening of legislature - 10-3-609. Part inoperative upon convening of legislature. The provisions of...
Part 7. Tactical Incident Assistance
10-3-701. Short title - 10-3-701. Short title. This part may be cited as the...
10-3-702. Definitions - 10-3-702. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions...
10-3-703. Tactical team aiding another jurisdiction - 10-3-703. Tactical team aiding another jurisdiction. (1) If a tactical...
10-3-704. Local agency to contact national guard - 10-3-704. Local agency to contact national guard. (1) If a...
10-3-705. Tactical incident -- national guard assistance - 10-3-705. Tactical incident -- national guard assistance. (1) Upon request...
Part 8. Search and Rescue -- Civil Air Patrol
10-3-801. Account created for funding search and rescue operations -- rules - 10-3-801. (Temporary) Account created for funding search and rescue operations...
10-3-802. Grants -- civil air patrol -- reporting requirements - 10-3-802. (Temporary) Grants -- civil air patrol -- reporting requirements....
Part 9. Intrastate Mutual Aid System
10-3-901. Short title - 10-3-901. Short title. This part may be cited as the...
10-3-902. Policy -- purpose - 10-3-902. Policy -- purpose. (1) It is the policy of...
10-3-903. Statewide mutual aid system -- definitions - 10-3-903. Statewide mutual aid system -- definitions. As used in...
10-3-904. Montana intrastate mutual aid committee -- members -- officers -- meetings -- compensation - 10-3-904. Montana intrastate mutual aid committee -- members -- officers...
10-3-905. Montana intrastate mutual aid committee -- duties - 10-3-905. Montana intrastate mutual aid committee -- duties. The committee...
10-3-906. Intrastate mutual aid system -- initial participation -- withdrawing - 10-3-906. Intrastate mutual aid system -- initial participation -- withdrawing....
10-3-907. Intrastate mutual aid system -- request for assistance - 10-3-907. Intrastate mutual aid system -- request for assistance. (1)...
10-3-908. Intrastate mutual aid system -- limitation on assistance -- command and control - 10-3-908. Intrastate mutual aid system -- limitation on assistance --...
10-3-909. Intrastate mutual aid system -- portability of bona fides - 10-3-909. Intrastate mutual aid system -- portability of bona fides....
10-3-910. Intrastate mutual aid system -- reimbursement -- dispute resolution - 10-3-910. Intrastate mutual aid system -- reimbursement -- dispute resolution....
10-3-911. Intrastate mutual aid system -- workers' compensation coverage - 10-3-911. Intrastate mutual aid system -- workers' compensation coverage. (1)...
10-3-912. Liability -- immunity - 10-3-912. Liability -- immunity. (1) All activities performed pursuant to...
Part 10. Emergency Management Assistance Compact
10-3-1001. Enactment -- provisions - 10-3-1001. Enactment -- provisions. The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is...
10-3-1002. Compact administrator - 10-3-1002. Compact administrator. The administrator of the disaster and emergency...
10-3-1003. Supplementary agreements - 10-3-1003. Supplementary agreements. The compact administrator provided for in 10-3-1002...
Part 11. Interstate Emergency Services
10-3-1101. Short title - 10-3-1101. Short title. This part shall be known and may...
10-3-1102. Purpose - 10-3-1102. Purpose. It is the purpose of this part to...
10-3-1103. Definitions - 10-3-1103. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context...
10-3-1104. Authorization to enter agreement -- general content -- authority - 10-3-1104. Authorization to enter agreement -- general content -- authority....
10-3-1105. Detailed content of agreement - 10-3-1105. Detailed content of agreement. The agreement authorized by 10-3-1104...
10-3-1106. Submission of agreement to attorney general - 10-3-1106. Submission of agreement to attorney general. (1) As a...
10-3-1107. Filing of agreement - 10-3-1107. Filing of agreement. Within 20 days after approval by...
10-3-1108. through 10-3-1110 reserved - 10-3-1108 through 10-3-1110 reserved.
10-3-1111. Agreement not to relieve agency of duties - 10-3-1111. Agreement not to relieve agency of duties. No agreement...
10-3-1112. Limitation of powers - 10-3-1112. Limitation of powers. Except for the right granted by...
10-3-1113. Right of state in actions involving agreements - 10-3-1113. Right of state in actions involving agreements. In any...
10-3-1114. Effect of other law - 10-3-1114. Effect of other law. The procedures and remedies provided...
10-3-1115. Authorization to appropriate funds for purpose of agreement - 10-3-1115. Authorization to appropriate funds for purpose of agreement. A...
Part 12. Response to Hazardous Material Incidents
10-3-1201. Short title - 10-3-1201. Short title. This part may be cited as the...
10-3-1202. Purpose - 10-3-1202. Purpose. It is the purpose of this part to:...
10-3-1203. Definitions - 10-3-1203. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions...
10-3-1204. State emergency response commission -- members -- duties -- establishment of incident response and incident management teams - 10-3-1204. State emergency response commission -- members -- duties --...
10-3-1205. and 10-3-1206 reserved - 10-3-1205 and 10-3-1206 reserved.
10-3-1207. Commission budget and expenditures - 10-3-1207. Commission budget and expenditures. (1) The commission shall submit...
10-3-1208. Local emergency response authorities -- designation - 10-3-1208. Local emergency response authorities -- designation. (1) The governing...
10-3-1209. Local emergency response authorities -- powers and duties - 10-3-1209. Local emergency response authorities -- powers and duties. (1)...
10-3-1210. Controlling provisions for state of emergency -- liability of responsible persons - 10-3-1210. Controlling provisions for state of emergency -- liability of...
10-3-1211. Notification of release - 10-3-1211. Notification of release. (1) A person responsible for reporting...
10-3-1212. and 10-3-1213 reserved - 10-3-1212 and 10-3-1213 reserved.
10-3-1214. Right to reimbursement - 10-3-1214. Right to reimbursement. (1) State hazardous material incident response...
10-3-1215. Deficiency warrants for reimbursement of response costs - 10-3-1215. Deficiency warrants for reimbursement of response costs. (1) (a)...
10-3-1216. Cost recovery and civil remedies - 10-3-1216. Cost recovery and civil remedies. (1) Cost recovery is...
10-3-1217. Liability of persons and response team members rendering assistance - 10-3-1217. Liability of persons and response team members rendering assistance....
10-3-1218. Required assistance in hazardous material incident - 10-3-1218. Required assistance in hazardous material incident. An owner or...
Part 13. Montana High-Level Radioactive Waste and Transuranic Waste Transportation Act
10-3-1301. Short title - 10-3-1301. Short title. This part may be cited as the...
10-3-1302. Purpose - 10-3-1302. Purpose. The purpose of this part is to enhance...
10-3-1303. Definitions - 10-3-1303. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions...
10-3-1304. Radioactive waste transportation monitoring, emergency response, and training account -- purpose -- disbursement - 10-3-1304. Radioactive waste transportation monitoring, emergency response, and training account...
10-3-1305. Responsibilities of owner - 10-3-1305. Responsibilities of owner. (1) Prior to shipping high-level radioactive...
10-3-1306. Transportation of radioactive waste through state -- notification -- responsibilities of division - 10-3-1306. Transportation of radioactive waste through state -- notification --...
10-3-1307. Responsibilities of department of transportation -- assessment and collection of fees -- issuance of permits -- inspection of motor carriers - 10-3-1307. Responsibilities of department of transportation -- assessment and collection...
10-3-1308. Responsibilities of highway patrol -- monitoring of motor carriers -- billing - 10-3-1308. Responsibilities of highway patrol -- monitoring of motor carriers...
10-3-1309. Responsibilities of public service commission -- inspection of rails and trains -- agreements with neighboring states and provinces -- rulemaking - 10-3-1309. Responsibilities of public service commission -- inspection of rails...
10-3-1310. Penalty - 10-3-1310. Penalty. An owner found to be in violation of...