(1) The division shall maintain the State Emergency Operations Center and those alternate locations deemed necessary, and shall activate the State Emergency Operations Center when deemed necessary by the director, the Adjutant General, or the Governor.
(2) Each cabinet of state government, and each independent agency of state government, and other organizations provided for in the Kentucky Emergency Operations Plan shall immediately send a designated person to the State Emergency Operations Center upon request of the director, during a time of emergency or disaster or the threatened or impending happening of such an incident. They shall remain at the State Emergency Operations Center until relieved and replaced, unless released by the director.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 39A.240

  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) Persons representing agencies of state government or other organizations assigned to the State Emergency Operations Center during times of emergency or disaster or the threatened or impending happening thereof may obligate the funds, equipment, and personnel of the organization which they represent, and make decisions on behalf of the organization which they represent.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 23, effective July 15, 1998.