Code of Virginia - Title 44 Military And Emergency Laws - Chapter 3.2 Emergency Services And Disaster Law

44-146.13 Short title
This chapter may be cited as the "Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Services and Disaster Law of 2000." (1973, c. 260; 2000, c. 309.) ...
44-146.14 Findings of General Assembly
(a) Because of the ever present possibility of the occurrence of disasters of unprecedented size and destructiveness resulting from enemy attack, sabotage or other hostile ...
44-146.15 Construction of chapter
Nothing in this chapter is to be construed to: (1) Limit, modify, or abridge the authority of the Governor to exercise any powers vested in ...
44-146.16 Definitions
As used in this chapter unless the context requires a different meaning: "Communicable disease of public health threat" means an illness of public health significance, ...
44-146.17 Powers and duties of Governor
The Governor shall be Director of Emergency Management. He shall take such action from time to time as is necessary for the adequate promotion and ...
44-146.17:1 Transmittal to General Assembly of rules, regulations, and orders
The Governor shall cause copies of any order, rule, or regulation proclaimed and published by him pursuant to § 44-146.17 to be transmitted forthwith to ...
44-146.17:2 Annual statewide drill
The Governor shall conduct an annual statewide drill on response to a large-scale disaster including, but not limited to, electrical power outages. Such drill shall ...
44-146.18 Department of Emergency Services continued as Department of Emergency Management; administration an...
A. The State Office of Emergency Services is continued and shall hereafter be known as the Department of Emergency Management. Wherever the words "State Department ...
44-146.18:1 Virginia Disaster Response Funds disbursements; reimbursements
There is hereby created a nonlapsing revolving fund which shall be maintained as a separate special fund account within the state treasury, and administered by ...
44-146.18:2 Authority of Coordinator of Emergency Management in undeclared emergency
In an emergency which does not warrant a gubernatorial declaration of a state of emergency, the Coordinator of Emergency Management, after consultation with and approval ...
44-146.19 Powers and duties of political subdivisions
A. Each political subdivision within the Commonwealth shall be within the jurisdiction of and served by the Department of Emergency Management and be responsible for ...
44-146.20 Joint action by political subdivisions
If two or more political subdivisions find that disaster operation plans and programs would be better served by interjurisdictional arrangements in planning for, preventing, or ...
44-146.21 Declaration of local emergency
(a) A local emergency may be declared by the local director of emergency management with the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision. ...
44-146.22 Development of measures to prevent or reduce harmful consequences of disasters; disclosure of infor...
A. In addition to disaster prevention measures included in state, local and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans, the Governor shall consider, on a continuing basis, hazard ...
44-146.23 Immunity from liability
A. Neither the Commonwealth, nor any political subdivision thereof, nor federal agencies, nor other public or private agencies, nor, except in cases of willful misconduct, ...
44-146.24 Cooperation of public agencies
In carrying out the provisions of the chapter, the Governor, the heads of state agencies, the local directors and governing bodies of the political subdivisions ...
44-146.25 Certain persons not to be employed or associated in emergency services organizations; loyalty oath ...
No person shall be employed or associated in any emergency services organization established under this chapter who advocates or has advocated a change by force ...
44-146.26 Duties of emergency management organizations
It shall be the duty of every organization for emergency management established pursuant to this chapter and of the officers thereof to execute and enforce ...
44-146.27 Supplementing federal funds; assistance of federal agencies; acceptance of gifts and services; appr...
A. If the federal government allots funds for the payment of a portion of any disaster programs, projects, equipment, supplies or materials or other related ...
44-146.28 Authority of Governor and agencies under his control in declared state of emergency
(a) In the case of a declaration of a state of emergency as defined in § 44-146.16, the Governor is authorized to expend from all ...
44-146.28:1 Compact enacted into law; terms
The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is hereby enacted into law and entered into by the Commonwealth of Virginia with all other states legally joining therein, ...
44-146.29 Description unavailable
Expired. ...
44-146.29:1 , 44-146.29:2
Expired. ...

Last modified: April 3, 2009