North Dakota Code 37-17.1-07 – Local or multicounty emergency management organizations
1. All areas of the state are within the jurisdiction of and must be served by the division of homeland security or by a local or multicounty emergency management organization.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 37-17.1-07
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- 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.
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- population: means the number of inhabitants as determined by the last preceding state or federal census. See North Dakota Code 1-01-47
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
2. Each county shall maintain an emergency management organization that serves the entire county or must be a member of a multicounty emergency management organization that serves more than one county or must be a member of the state regional emergency management program.
3. Each city shall provide an emergency management organization of its own, or it shall participate in the countywide emergency management organization. Each governing board of a city shall make its determination based on the city’s emergency management requirements, hazards, capabilities, and resources. If a city provides an emergency management organization of its own, the city and county shall coordinate the city and county emergency plans.
4. The mayor of or the president of the board of city commissioners in a city with an emergency management organization and the chairman of the board of county commissioners shall notify the division of homeland security of the manner in which the city and the county are providing or securing emergency management activities, identify each individual who will coordinate the activities of the local emergency management organization, and furnish additional information relating thereto as the division requires.
5. Each local or multicounty emergency management organization shall prepare and keep current a local disaster or emergency operational plan for its area.
6. Each local or multicounty emergency management organization shall prepare and distribute to all appropriate officials in written form a clear and complete statement of the disaster or emergency responsibilities of their local agencies and officials.
7. Each local emergency management organization that is a member of the state regional emergency management program shall compensate the state an amount not to exceed fifty percent of the regional coordinator’s salary and benefits. If multiple counties within a region participate in the state regional emergency management program, the amount of compensation to the state will be proportioned based on population.