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5	5		By Representative Treadaway
6	6		RFD: Urban and Rural Development
7	7		First Read: 05-Feb-25
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	12	+	5 9N7EMBM-1 02/03/2025 JC (L)lg 2025-483
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15		-	Enrolled, An Act,
16		-	Relating to local emergency management organizations;
17		-	to amend Section 31-9-9, Code of Alabama 1975, to further
18		-	provide for mutual aid agreements with other public or private
19		-	agencies for reciprocal aid to protect public health and
20		-	safety; to vest the authority in the governing body; to amend
21		-	Section 31-9-11, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide that
22		-	employees of political subdivisions have the same powers and
23		-	immunities when they act outside of the political subdivision
24		-	pursuant to a mutual aid agreement; and to make nonsubstantive
25		-	changes to update the existing code language to current style.
26		-	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
27		-	Section 1. Sections 31-9-9 and 31-9-11, Code of Alabama
28		-	1975, are amended to read as follows:
29		-	"§31-9-9
30		-	(a) The directorgoverning body of each local
31		-	organization for emergency management may develop or cause to
32		-	be developed mutual aid agreements with other public and
33		-	private agencies within this state for reciprocal emergency
34		-	management aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to
35		-	be dealt with unassisted. The governing body may also develop
36		-	or cause to be developed mutual aid agreements with other
37		-	public or private agencies within the state for reciprocal aid
38		-	and assistance to protect the public peace, health, and
39		-	safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people
40		-	of the state. Such agreements shall be consistent with the
41		-	state emergency management plan and program, and a copy of
	15	+	SYNOPSIS:
	16	+	Existing law provides that local emergency
	17	+	management organizations, through the director, may
	18	+	enter into mutual aid agreements with other public and
	19	+	private agencies for reciprocal emergency aid when the
	20	+	size of a disaster requires such aid.
	21	+	This bill would transfer the authority to enter
	22	+	into mutual aid agreements to the governing body of the
	23	+	local emergency management organization; and would also
	24	+	provide that mutual aid agreements can be developed
	25	+	with other agencies for reciprocal aid to protect
	26	+	public peace and safety.
	27	+	This bill would also provide that employees of
	28	+	other political subdivisions have the same power and
	29	+	immunity when they render assistance under such a
	30	+	mutual aid agreement outside their political
	31	+	subdivision.
	32	+	This bill would further make nonsubstantive
	33	+	changes to update the existing code language to current
	34	+	style.
	35	+	A BILL
	36	+	TO BE ENTITLED
	37	+	AN ACT
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	67	+	AN ACT
	68	+	Relating to local emergency management organizations;
	69	+	to amend Section 31-9-9, Code of Alabama 1975, to further
	70	+	provide for mutual aid agreements with other public or private
	71	+	agencies for reciprocal aid to protect public health and
	72	+	safety; to vest the authority in the governing body; to amend
	73	+	Section 31-9-11, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide that
	74	+	employees of political subdivisions have the same powers and
	75	+	immunities when they act outside of the political subdivision
	76	+	pursuant to a mutual aid agreement; and to make nonsubstantive
	77	+	changes to update the existing code language to current style.
	78	+	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
	79	+	Section 1. Sections 31-9-9 and 31-9-11, Code of Alabama
	80	+	1975, are amended to read as follows:
	81	+	"§31-9-9
	82	+	(a) The directorgoverning body of each local
	83	+	organization for emergency management may develop or cause to
	84	+	be developed mutual aid agreements with other public and
	85	+	private agencies within this state for reciprocal emergency
	86	+	management aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to
	87	+	be dealt with unassisted. The governing body may also develop
	88	+	or cause to be developed mutual aid agreements with other
	89	+	public or private agencies within the state for reciprocal aid
	90	+	and assistance to protect the public peace, health, and
	91	+	safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people
	92	+	of the state. Such agreements shall be consistent with the
71	93		state emergency management plan and program, and a copy of
	94	+	each such agreement shall be filed with the State Director of
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72	124		each such agreement shall be filed with the State Director of
73	125		Emergency Management immediately after being entered into. In
74	126		time of emergency it shall be the duty of each Each local
75	127		organization for emergency management toshall render
76	128		assistance in accordance with the provisions of suchthe mutual
77	129		aid agreements.
78	130		(b) The directorgoverning body of each local
79	131		organization for emergency management may assist in
80	132		negotiation of reciprocal mutual aid agreements between the
81	133		Governor and adjoining states or political subdivisions
82	134		thereof, and shall carry out any such agreement relating to
83	135		the local and political subdivision.
84	136		(c) The directorsgoverning body of each local
85	137		organization for emergency management may develop or cause to
86	138		be developed mutual aid agreements with federally recognized
87	139		Indian tribes located within the state .
88	140		(d) For purposes of this section, "governing body"
89	141		means the political subdivision establishing the local
90	142		organization for emergency management pursuant to Section
91	143		31-9-10."
92	144		"§31-9-11
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94	146		rendering outside aid pursuant to a mutual aid agreement
95	147		authorized by Section 31-9-9 or the authority contained in
96	148		Section 31-9-10, suchthe employees shall have the same powers,
97	149		duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as if they were
98	150		performing their duties in the political subdivisions in which
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130	152		Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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137		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
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139		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
140		-	House of Representatives
141		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
142		-	was passed by the House 13-Feb-25.
143		-	John Treadwell
144		-	Clerk
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	182	+	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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