Georgia Code, Title 38, Chapter 3, Article 2 - Organization and Administration

• § 38-3-20 - Georgia Emergency Management Agency Created; Director; Staff; Offices; Director's Duties; Disaster Coordinator
  (a) There is established the Georgia Emergency Management Agency with a director of emergency management who shall be the head thereof. The Georgia Emergency...
• § 38-3-21 - Director Authorized to Make Rules and Regulations
  Subject to the approval of the Governor, the director of emergency management shall be authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be...
• § 38-3-22 - Governor's Emergency Management Powers and Duties
  (a) The Governor shall have general direction and control of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and shall be responsible for the carrying out of...
• § 38-3-22.1 - Safety Plan Addressing Threat of Terrorism Required of State Agencies or Authorities; Exemptions; Training and Technical Assistance; Confidentiality of Plans and Related Documentation
  (a) Every state agency or authority, except those exempted in subsection (b) of this Code section, shall prepare an agency safety plan to address...
• § 38-3-22.2 - Establishment of Airport Antiterrorism Training Committee; Annual Training
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Airport Antiterrorism Training Committee" means a committee composed of five members: one appointed by...
• § 38-3-23 - Investigations and Surveys; Subpoena Power; Cooperation
  For the purpose of making surveys and investigations and obtaining information, except the investigation of subversive activities that are the responsibility of the Federal...
• § 38-3-24 - Traffic Control; Plans, Regulations, and Coordination
  The Governor may formulate and execute plans and regulations for the control of traffic in order to provide for the rapid and safe movement...
• § 38-3-25 - Lease or Loan of State Property for National or Local Purposes; Transfer of State Personnel; Local Authorities Empowered to Utilize Property
  (a) Whenever the Governor deems it to be in the public interest and notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, he may: (1) Authorize any...
• § 38-3-26 - Mobile Support Units; Organization; Rights, Powers, Duties, Privileges, Immunities, and Compensation, of Employees; Reimbursement to Localities and Out-Of-state Units; Service Out of State
  (a) The Governor, or the director of emergency management at the request of the Governor, is authorized to create and establish such number of...
• § 38-3-27 - Local Organizations for Emergency Management; Creation; Structure; Powers; Directors; Appointment, Qualifications, and Compensation; State to Provide Financial Assistance; Entitlement for Funding
  (a) (1) The governing body of each county of this state may establish a local organization for emergency management in accordance with the state...
• § 38-3-28 - Authority of Political Subdivisions; Filing of Orders, Rules, and Regulations; Effect; Consideration of Federal Emergency Management Regulations
  (a) The political subdivisions of the state and other agencies designated or appointed by the Governor are authorized and empowered to make, amend, and...
• § 38-3-29 - Local Mutual Aid Arrangements; Out-Of-state Arrangements; Conformity With State Plan
  (a) The director of each local organization for emergency management, in collaboration with other public and private agencies within this state, may develop or...
• § 38-3-30 - Aid Rendered by Local Employees to Other Political Subdivisions; Reimbursement of Personnel and Equipment Expenses by Aided Locality; Procedure
  (a) Whenever the employees of any political subdivision are rendering outside aid pursuant to the authority contained in Code Section 38-3-27, the employees shall...
• § 38-3-31 - Authority of State and Localities to Accept Gifts, Grants, or Loans, From Federal or Private Sources
  (a) Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof offers to the state, or through the state to any political subdivision thereof,...
• § 38-3-32 - Sovereign Immunity Granted Those Who Allow Premises to Be Used for Emergency Management Purposes; When
  When any person, firm, or corporation owning or controlling any real estate or other premises authorizes and permits any emergency management agency, board, or...
• § 38-3-33 - Immunity Granted Those Who Provide Equipment in Emergencies
  Any person, including anyone in the business of selling or leasing new or used equipment, who provides equipment to the state or to any...
• § 38-3-34 - Emergency Management Personnel; Qualifications; Oath; Who May Administer
  (a) No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any emergency management organization established under Articles 1 through 3 of this...
• § 38-3-35 - Immunity of State and Political Subdivisions; of Emergency Management Workers
  (a) Neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state, nor the agents or representatives of the state or any political subdivision thereof,...
• § 38-3-36 - Director to License Nongovernmental Rescue Organizations; Exception; Registration of Public and Private Search and Rescue Dog Teams
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (b) of this Code section, all nongovernmental rescue organizations, associations, groups, teams, search and rescue dog teams,...
• § 38-3-37 - Prohibited Actions by Government Official or Employee During Declared State of Emergency
  (a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Firearm" means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, or similar device or weapon which will or...

Last modified: October 14, 2016