Louisiana § RS 45:842 - Provision of emergency alert services
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 45:842 — Provision of emergency alert services, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 45:842. Provision of emergency alert services
A. A parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness may provide emergency alert services within such parish or may designate an emergency alert provider to provide such services. An emergency alert provider may be a private for-profit entity operating under contract with and at the direction of the parish office of homeland security and emergency preparedness.
B. The Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness1 shall certify and issue a certificate to each emergency alert provider.
Acts 1997, No. 199, §2, eff. June 13, 1997; Acts 2003, No. 40, §4, eff. May 23, 2003; Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, eff. March 1, 2006.
1See Acts 2006, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 35, §8, which changes the term "state office of homeland security and emergency preparedness" to "Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness" and §10, which provides for the termination of the Act and the reversion to the law in effect prior to the Act on July 1, 2010.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 45:842 ("Provision of emergency alert services") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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