North Carolina § 166A-19 - 1. Purposes.

§ 166A-19. 1. Purposes.

The purposes of this Article are to set forth the authority and responsibility of the Governor, State agencies, and local governments in prevention of, preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural or man-made emergencies or hostile military or paramilitary action and to do the following: Reduce vulnerability of people and property of this State to damage, injury, and loss of life and property. Prepare for prompt and efficient rescue, care, and treatment of threatened or affected persons. Provide for the rapid and orderly rehabilitation of persons and restoration of property. Provide for cooperation and coordination of activities relating to emergency mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery among agencies and officials of this State and with similar agencies and officials of other states, with local and federal governments, with interstate organizations, and with other private and quasi-official organizations. History (1959, c. 337, s. 1; 1975, c. 734, s. 1; 1977, c. 848, s. 2; 1995, c. 509, s. 121; 2012-12, s. 1(b).) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly codified as G.S. 166A-2. It was recodified as G.S. 166A-19.1 by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(b), effective October 1, 2012. Opinions of Attorney General Editor's Note. - The Opinions of the Attorney General cited under this section were decided under former G.S. 166A-102. Governor Has Power to Aid Victims of Disaster and to Fund Programs. - The Governor has the power, during a state of disaster and with the concurrence of the Council of State, to establish programs to aid the victims of that disaster and to fund those programs from appropriations to the state's agencies and institutions. See opinion of Attorney General to Marvin K. Dorman, Jr., State Budget Officer, 1999 N.C. AG LEXIS 35 (12/1/99). Nuclear Power Plant. - The Governor has the authority to utilize equipment, supplies, facilities and personnel of a county or municipality and require local government personnel and agencies to cooperate in emergency management planning and training exercises for a nuclear power plant. See opinion of Attorney General to Mr. Joseph W. Dean, Secretary, Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, 55 N.C.A.G. 121 (1986).