166A-19.2. Limitations.
Nothing in this Article shall be construed to do any of the following:
(1) Interfere with dissemination of news or comment on public affairs; but any communications facility or organization, including, but not limited to, radio and television stations, wire services, and newspapers may be requested to transmit or print public service messages furnishing information or instructions in connection with an emergency, disaster, or war.
(2) Limit, modify, or abridge the authority of the Governor to declare martial law or exercise any other powers vested in the Governor under the North Carolina Constitution, statutes, or common law of this State independent of, or in conjunction with, any provisions of this Article. (1975, c. 734, s. 2; 1977, c. 848, s. 2; 1995, c. 509, s. 122; 2012-12, s. 1(b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 166A - North Carolina Emergency Management Act
Article 1A - North Carolina Emergency Management Act.
§ 166A-19.3 - Definitions[Effective until January 1, 2023]
§ 166A-19.10 - Powers of the Governor.
§ 166A-19.11 - Powers of the Secretary of Public Safety.
§ 166A-19.12 - Powers of the Division of Emergency Management.
§ 166A-19.13 - Data collection, reporting, use of State and federal funds.
§ 166A-19.15 - County and municipal emergency management.
§ 166A-19.21 - Gubernatorial disaster declaration.
§ 166A-19.22 - Municipal or county declaration of state of emergency.
§ 166A-19.23 - Excessive pricing prohibitions.
§ 166A-19.24 - Remote meetings during certain declarations of emergency.
§ 166A-19.40 - Use of contingency and emergency funds.
§ 166A-19.41 - State emergency assistance funds.
§ 166A-19.42 - State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund.
§ 166A-19.60 - Immunity and exemption.
§ 166A-19.61 - No private liability.
§ 166A-19.62 - Civil liability of persons who willfully ignore a warning in an emergency.
§ 166A-19.70A - Facilitate critical infrastructure disaster relief.
§ 166A-19.71 - Accept services, gifts, grants, and loans.
§ 166A-19.72 - Establishment of mutual aid agreements.
§ 166A-19.74 - Nondiscrimination in emergency management.
§ 166A-19.75 - Emergency management personnel.
§ 166A-19.77 - North Carolina Forest Service designated as emergency response agency.
§ 166A-19.77A - Agricultural Emergency Response Teams authorized.
§ 166A-19.78 - Governor's power to order evacuation of public building.