Arkansas Emergency Services Act
Arkansas · Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs · §§ 12-75-101 to 12-75-201 · 34 sections
Overview
This act establishes the framework by which state and local government prepare for, respond to, and coordinate relief from disasters and other emergencies. It creates a state emergency management division charged with maintaining a statewide emergency operations plan and emergency communications networks, authorizes the governor to declare disaster emergencies and local officials to declare local ones, and provides for local and interjurisdictional emergency management offices, planning areas, and a statewide mutual aid system for sharing personnel and resources across jurisdictions. It also supplies the supporting machinery of emergency response — appropriations and authority to accept gifts, grants, and loans; compensation for services and property used in an emergency; and liability immunities, workers' compensation coverage, and pay provisions for emergency responders.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 5 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 232 WVA 513 - Joseph E. Jackson/W. Va. Dept. of Trans. v. Joseph Wayne Belcher
Sections covered
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-101Title
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-102Policy and purposes
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-103Definitions1 cite
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-104Scope of chapter — Limitations
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-105[Repealed.]
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-106Enforcement
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-107Declaration of disaster emergencies1 cite
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-108Local disaster emergencies — Declaration
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-109Division of Emergency Management — Establishment — Personnel
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-110Division of Emergency Management — State emergency operations plan
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-111Division of Emergency Management — Other powers and duties
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-112Communications networks
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-113Emergency response vehicles
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-114Governor — Disaster emergency responsibilities
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-115Disaster prevention generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-116State and local governmental entities — Liaison officers
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-117Interjurisdictional disaster planning and service areas
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-118Local and interjurisdictional offices of emergency management and services
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-119Statewide mutual aid system
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-120[Repealed.]
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-121Utilization of existing services and facilities
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-122Political activity prohibited
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-123Appropriations and authority to accept services, gifts, grants, and loans
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-124Compensation for services and property
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-125Donation of property or equipment — Immunity
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-126Public safety officers
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-127[Repealed.]
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-128Emergency responders — Immunities and exemptions2 cites
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-129Emergency responders — Workers' compensation benefits1 cite
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-130Call-up of retired law enforcement officers
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-131Disaster relief pay
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-132Arkansas Homeland Security Advisory Group — Created
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-133Position transfer
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-75-201[Repealed.]
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