As Amended
SEC. 33-15-19. Mutual aid arrangements.
(a) The governing body of a municipality or county of the state is authorized to develop and enter into mutual aid agreements within the state for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance in case of disaster or emergency too extensive to be dealt with unassisted. Copies of the agreements shall be sent to the agency. Such arrangements shall be consistent with the state emergency management plan and program, and in time of emergency it shall be the duty of each local emergency management organization to render assistance in accordance with the provisions of such mutual aid arrangements.
(b) The Governor may enter into compacts with any state or group of states if he finds that joint action with that state or group of states is desirable in meeting common intergovernmental problems of emergency management planning or emergency prevention, mitigation, response and recovery.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Sec. 8610-10; Laws, 1952, ch. 312, Sec. 10; 1980, ch. 491, Sec. 10, eff from and after passage (approved May 9, 1980). Laws, 1995, ch. 333, Sec. 10, eff from and after July 1, 1995