North Carolina Emergency Management Act
North Carolina · 166A · §§ 166A-19 to 166A-19.79 · 39 sections
Overview
The act establishes a statewide framework for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters and other emergencies, placing administration with a state emergency management agency headed by a director responsible for a comprehensive emergency management plan and related statewide programs, advised by an emergency management council, and vesting the governor with general emergency powers. It authorizes political subdivisions to establish local and joint local emergency management organizations, and provides for mutual aid and interlocal agreements, acceptance of outside aid and funding, dedicated disaster response and hazard mitigation accounts, and the use of existing public services, facilities, and personnel during an emergency. It also governs liability arising from emergency work, granting immunity to participating governments, their employees, and covered volunteers, and creates an administrative claims and compensation system, including compensation boards, that generally serves as the exclusive remedy for injury or death suffered in emergency management activities.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
Sections covered
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19Short title
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.1Purposes
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.10Powers of the Governor
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.11Powers of the Secretary of Public Safety
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.12Powers of the Division of Emergency Management
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.13Data collection, reporting, use of State and federal funds
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.14Priority consideration of North Carolina-based companies when addressing public health emergencies; NC 2-1-1 system
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.14ANorth Carolina Flood Inundation Mapping and Alert Network records
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.15County and municipal emergency management
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.16Emergency supply chain declaration
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.2Construction; limitations
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.20Gubernatorial or legislative declaration of state of emergency
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.21Gubernatorial disaster declaration
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.22Municipal or county declaration of state of emergency
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.23Excessive pricing prohibitions
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.24Remote meetings during certain declarations of emergency
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.3Definitions
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.30Additional powers of the Governor during state of emergency
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.31Power of municipalities and counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.4Nondiscrimination in State disaster recovery assistance
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.40Use of contingency and emergency funds
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.41State emergency assistance funds
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.42State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.60Immunity and exemption
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.61No private liability
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.62Civil liability of persons who willfully ignore a warning in an emergency
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.70Ensuring availability of emergency supplies and utility services; protection of livestock, poultry, and agricultural crops
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.70AFacilitate critical infrastructure disaster relief
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.71Accept services, gifts, grants, and loans
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.72Establishment of mutual aid agreements
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.73Compensation
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.74Nondiscrimination in emergency management
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.75Emergency management personnel
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.76Leave options for voluntary firefighters, rescue squad workers, and emergency medical service personnel called into service
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.77North Carolina Forest Service designated as emergency response agency
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.77AAgricultural Emergency Response Teams authorized
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.78Governor's power to order evacuation of public building
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.78ACybersecurity support requests
- N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.79Severability
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