North Carolina General Statutes
Article 1A - North Carolina Emergency Management Act.
§ 166A-19.74 - Nondiscrimination in emergency management.

166A-19.74. Nondiscrimination in emergency management.
State and local governmental bodies and other organizations and personnel who carry out emergency management functions under the provisions of this Article are required to do so in an equitable and impartial manner. Such State and local governmental bodies, organizations, and personnel shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, nationality, sex, age, or economic status in the distribution of supplies, the processing of applications, and other relief and assistance activities. (1975, c. 734, s. 3; 1977, c. 848, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1310, s. 2; 1995, c. 509, s. 128; 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 - Short title.

§ 166A-19.1 - Purposes.

§ 166A-19.2 - Limitations.

§ 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-19.14 - Priority consideration of North Carolina-based companies when addressing public health emergencies; NC 2-1-1 system.

§ 166A-19.15 - County and municipal emergency management.

§ 166A-19.20 - Gubernatorial or legislative declaration of state of emergency[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 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-19.30 - Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency[Effective until January 1, 2023]

§ 166A-19.31 - Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states 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-19.70 - Ensuring availability of emergency supplies and utility services; protection of livestock, poultry, and agricultural crops.

§ 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-19.73 - Compensation.

§ 166A-19.74 - Nondiscrimination in emergency management.

§ 166A-19.75 - Emergency management personnel.

§ 166A-19.76 - Leave options for voluntary firefighters, rescue squad workers, and emergency medical service personnel called into service.

§ 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.

§ 166A-19.79 - Severability.