Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama Senate Bill SB68 Compare Versions

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3	3	SB68
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5	5	By Senators Jones, Allen, Givhan, Bell, Kitchens, Elliott,
6	6	Butler, Stewart, Hatcher, Kelley, Stutts
7	7	RFD: Veterans and Military Affairs
8	8	First Read: 04-Feb-25
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16	16	First Read: 04-Feb-25
17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	Existing law provides that local emergency
19	19	management organizations, through the director, may
20	20	enter into mutual aid agreements with other public and
21	21	private agencies for reciprocal emergency aid when the
22	22	size of a disaster requires such aid.
23	23	This bill would transfer the authority to enter
24	24	into mutual aid agreements to the governing body of the
25	25	local emergency management organization; and would also
26	26	provide that mutual aid agreements can be developed
27	27	with other agencies for reciprocal aid to protect
28	28	public peace and safety.
29	29	This bill would also provide that employees of
30	30	other political subdivisions have the same power and
31	31	immunity when they render assistance under such a
32	32	mutual aid agreement outside their political
33	33	subdivision.
34	34	This bill would further make nonsubstantive
35	35	changes to update the existing code language to current
36	36	style.
37	37	A BILL
38	38	TO BE ENTITLED
39	39	AN ACT
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69	69	AN ACT
70	70	Relating to local emergency management organizations;
71	71	to amend Section 31-9-9, Code of Alabama 1975, to further
72	72	provide for mutual aid agreements with other public or private
73	73	agencies for reciprocal aid to protect public health and
74	74	safety; to vest the authority in the governing body; to amend
75	75	Section 31-9-11, Code of Alabama 1975, to further provide that
76	76	employees of political subdivisions have the same powers and
77	77	immunities when they act outside of the political subdivision
78	78	pursuant to a mutual aid agreement; and to make nonsubstantive
79	79	changes to update the existing code language to current style.
80	80	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
81	81	Section 1. Sections 31-9-9 and 31-9-11, Code of Alabama
82	82	1975, are amended to read as follows:
83	83	"§31-9-9
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85	85	organization for emergency management may develop or cause to
86	86	be developed mutual aid agreements with other public and
87	87	private agencies within this state for reciprocal emergency
88	88	management aid and assistance in case of disaster too great to
89	89	be dealt with unassisted. The governing body may also develop
90	90	or cause to be developed mutual aid agreements with other
91	91	public or private agencies within the state for reciprocal aid
92	92	and assistance to protect the public peace, health, and
93	93	safety, and to preserve the lives and property of the people
94	94	of the state. Such agreements shall be consistent with the
95	95	state emergency management plan and program, and a copy of
96	96	each such agreement shall be filed with the State Director of
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126	126	each such agreement shall be filed with the State Director of
127	127	Emergency Management immediately after being entered into. In
128	128	time of emergency it shall be the duty of each Each local
129	129	organization for emergency management toshall render
130	130	assistance in accordance with the provisions of suchthe mutual
131	131	aid agreements.
132	132	(b) The directorgoverning body of each local
133	133	organization for emergency management may assist in
134	134	negotiation of reciprocal mutual aid agreements between the
135	135	Governor and adjoining states or political subdivisions
136	136	thereof, and shall carry out any such agreement relating to
137	137	the local and political subdivision.
138	138	(c) The directorsgoverning body of each local
139	139	organization for emergency management may develop or cause to
140	140	be developed mutual aid agreements with federally recognized
141	141	Indian tribes located within the state .
142	142	(d) For purposes of this section, "governing body"
143	143	means the political subdivision establishing the local
144	144	organization for emergency management pursuant to Section
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146	146	"§31-9-11
147	147	Whenever the employees of any political subdivision are
148	148	rendering outside aid pursuant to a mutual aid agreement
149	149	authorized by Section 31-9-9 or the authority contained in
150	150	Section 31-9-10, suchthe employees shall have the same powers,
151	151	duties, rights, privileges, and immunities as if they were
152	152	performing their duties in the political subdivisions in which
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184	184	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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