Minnesota § 12.29 - DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 12.29 — DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 12.29. DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY
Subdivision 1.Authority to declare emergency.
A local emergency may be declared only by the mayor of a municipality or the chair of a county board of commissioners or their legal successors. It may not be continued for a period in excess of three days except by or with the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision. Any order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local emergency must be given prompt and general publicity and filed promptly by the chief of the local record-keeping agency of the political subdivision.
Subd. 2.Effect of declaration of emergency.
A declaration of a local emergency invokes necessary portions of the response and recovery aspects of applicable local or interjurisdictional disaster plans, and may authorize aid and assistance under those plans.
Subd. 3.Interjurisdictional agencies.
No interjurisdictional agency or official may declare a local emergency unless expressly authorized by the agreement under which the agency functions. However, an interjurisdictional disaster agency shall provide aid and services in accordance with the agreement under which it functions.
History:
1976 c 266 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 18
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
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Section 12.29 ("DECLARATION OF LOCAL EMERGENCY") is part of the Minnesota Statutes, the codified statutory law of Minnesota. 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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