2005 Idaho Code - 46-1018 — INTERSTATE MUTUAL AID COMPACT

                                  TITLE  46
                         MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
                                  CHAPTER 10
                       STATE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS ACT
    46-1018.  INTERSTATE MUTUAL AID COMPACT. The state of Idaho hereby enacts
into law and enters into the interstate mutual aid compact with those states
who agree and enact the interstate mutual aid compact in accordance with the
terms of the compact, which compact is substantially as follows:
                        INTERSTATE MUTUAL AID COMPACT
                                  Article I
    The purpose of this compact is to provide voluntary assistance among
participating states in responding to any disaster or imminent disaster that
overextends the ability of local and state governments to reduce, counteract,
or remove the danger. Assistance may include but is not limited to rescue,
fire, police, medical, communication, and transportation services and
facilities to cope with problems which require use of special equipment,
trained personnel, or personnel in large numbers not locally available.
                                  Article II
    Article I, Section 10, of the Constitution of the United States permits a
state to enter into an agreement or compact with another state, subject to the
consent of Congress. Congress, through enactment of 50 U.S.C. 2281(g) and 2283
and the executive branch, by issuance of Executive Order No. 10186 of December
1, 1950, encourages the states to enter into emergency, disaster, and civil
defense mutual aid agreements or pacts.
                                 Article III
    It is agreed by participating states that the following conditions will
guide implementation of the compact:
    (1)  Participating states through their designated officials are
authorized to request and receive assistance from a participating state.
Requests will be granted only if the requesting state is committed to the
mitigation of the emergency and other resources are not immediately available.
    (2)  Requests for assistance may be verbal or in writing. If the request
is made by other than written communication, it must be confirmed in writing
as soon as practical after the request. A written request shall provide an
itemization of equipment and operators, types of expertise, and personnel or
other resources needed. Each request must be signed by an authorized official.
    (3)  Personnel and equipment of the aiding state made available to the
requesting state shall, whenever possible, remain under the control and
direction of the aiding state. The activities of personnel and equipment of
the aiding state must be coordinated by the requesting state.
    (4)  An aiding state has the right to withdraw some or all of its
personnel and equipment whenever the personnel and equipment are needed by
that state. Notice of intention to withdraw should be communicated to the
requesting state as soon as possible.
                                  Article IV
    (1)  The requesting state shall reimburse the aiding state as soon as
possible after the receipt by the requesting state of an itemized voucher
requesting reimbursement of costs.
    (2)  Any state rendering aid pursuant to this compact must be reimbursed
by the state receiving such aid for any damage to, loss of, or expense
incurred in the operation of any equipment used in responding to a request for
aid, and for the cost incurred in connection with such requests.
    (3)  Any state rendering aid pursuant to this compact must be reimbursed
by the state receiving such aid for the cost of compensation and death
benefits to injured officers, agents, or employees and their dependents or
representatives if such officers, agents, or employees sustain injuries or are
killed while rendering aid pursuant to this arrangement and such payments are
made in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were
sustained within the aiding state.
                                  Article V
    (1)  All privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from law,
ordinances, and rules and all pension, disability relief, workers'
compensation, and other benefits that apply to the activity of officers,
agents, or employees when performing their respective functions within the
territorial limits of their respective political subdivisions apply to them to
the same extent while engaged in the performance of any of their functions and
duties extraterritorially under the provisions of this compact.
    (2)  All privileges and immunities from liability, exemptions from law,
ordinances, and rules and workers' compensation and other benefits that apply
to duly enrolled or registered volunteers when performing their respective
functions at the request of their state and within its territorial limits
apply to the same extent while performing their functions extraterritorially
under the provisions of this compact. Volunteers may include but are not
limited to physicians, surgeons, nurses, dentists, structural engineers, and
trained search and rescue volunteers.
    (3)  The signatory states, their political subdivisions, municipal or
public corporations, and other public agencies shall hold harmless the
corresponding entities and personnel thereof from the other states with
respect to the acts and omissions of its own agents and employees that occur
while providing assistance pursuant to the common plan.
    (4)  Nothing of this arrangement may be construed as repealing or
impairing any existing interstate mutual aid agreements.
    (5)  Upon enactment of this compact by two (2) or more states, and
annually by each January 1 thereafter, the participating states will exchange
with each other the names of officials designated to request and provide
services under this arrangement. In accordance with the cooperative nature of
this arrangement, it is permissible and desirable for the states to exchange
operational procedures to be followed in requesting assistance and reimbursing
expenses.
    (6)  This compact becomes effective and is binding upon the states so
acting when it has been enacted into law by any two (2) states. Thereafter,
this compact becomes effective and binding as to any other state upon similar
action by such state.
    (7)  This compact remains binding upon a party state until it enacts a law
repealing the compact and providing for the sending of formal written notice
of withdrawal from the compact to the appropriate officials of all other party
states. An actual withdrawal may not take effect until the 30th consecutive
day after the notice has been sent. Such withdrawal does not relieve the
withdrawing state from its obligations assumed under this compact prior to the
effective date of withdrawal.