In the event of overt acts of violence, or the imminent threat of such violence, within a county or municipality and the Governor has not declared a state of emergency to exist, local officers shall be empowered to declare such a state of emergency exists in accordance with the provisions of ss. 870.041-870.048.
Fla. Stat. § 870.041
Preservation of the public peace by local authority
History.--s. 1, ch. 70-990.
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