Montana Code 10-3-907. Intrastate mutual aid system — request for assistance
10-3-907. Intrastate mutual aid system — request for assistance. (1) A member jurisdiction may request assistance from another member jurisdiction:
Terms Used In Montana Code 10-3-907
- Disaster: has the meaning provided in 10-3-103. See Montana Code 10-3-903
- Emergency: has the meaning provided in 10-3-103. See Montana Code 10-3-903
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Member jurisdiction: means the state of Montana or a political subdivision or a federally recognized Indian tribe that participates in the system. See Montana Code 10-3-903
- Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
- System: means the Montana intrastate mutual aid system provided for in 10-3-906. See Montana Code 10-3-903
- Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203
(a)to prevent, mitigate, respond to, or recover from an emergency or disaster; or
(b)in concert with drills or exercises between member jurisdictions.
(2)A request for assistance must be made by or through the presiding officer of the governing body of the member jurisdiction or the chief executive officer or the chief executive officer’s designee of a member jurisdiction. A request may be verbal or in writing and is not required to go directly to the division, as defined in 10-3-103. If a request is verbal, the request must be confirmed in writing within 30 days of the date on which the request was made.