California Government Code Section 178.5

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In addition to any other authority conferred upon him, the
Governor is authorized and may execute for, on behalf of, and in the
name of the State of California, the provisions of Article XV to the
Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact, which provisions
provide as follows:

   Article XV.  (a) This article shall be in effect only as among
those states which have enacted it into law or in which the governors
have adopted it pursuant to constitutional or statutory authority
sufficient to give it the force of law as part of this compact.
Nothing contained in this article or in any supplementary agreement
made in implementation thereof shall be construed to abridge, impair
or supersede any other provision of this compact or any obligation
undertaken by a state pursuant thereto, except that if its terms so
provide a supplementary agreement in implementation of this article
may modify, expand or add to any such obligation as among the parties
to the supplementary agreement.
   (b) In addition to the occurrences, circumstances and subject
matters to which preceding articles of this compact make it
applicable, this compact and the authorizations, entitlements and
procedures thereof shall apply to:
   1. Searches for and rescue of persons who are lost, marooned, or
otherwise in danger.
   2. Action useful in coping with disasters arising from any cause
or designed to increase the capability to cope with any such
disasters.
   3. Incidents, or the imminence thereof, which endanger the health
or safety of the public and which require the use of special
equipment, trained personnel or personnel in larger numbers than are
locally available in order to reduce, counteract or remove the
danger.
   4. The giving and receiving of aid by subdivisions of party
states.
   5. Exercises, drills or other training or practice activities
designed to aid personnel to prepare for, cope with or prevent any
disaster or other emergency to which this compact applies.
   (c) Except as expressly limited by this compact or a supplementary
agreement in force pursuant thereto, any aid authorized by this
compact or such supplementary agreement may be furnished by any
agency of a party state, a subdivision of such state, or by a joint
agency providing such aid shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor
to the same extent and in the same manner as a state.  The personnel
of such a joint agency, when rendering aid pursuant to this compact
shall have the same rights, authority and immunity as personnel of
party states.
   (d) Nothing in this article shall be construed to exclude from the
coverage of Articles I-XIV of this compact any matter which, in the
absence of this article, could reasonably be construed to be covered
thereby.
   (e) Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed to limit previous
or future entry into the Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster
Compact of this state with other states.

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