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39A.030 Rationale and purpose of program -- Division of Emergency
Management.
The General Assembly recognizes that the rationale and purpose of the
comprehensive emergency management program of the Commonwealth has
evolved from a program for response to threats to national security, enemy attack,
and other national defense needs, to a program for response to all hazards, but
primarily, domestic hazards and threats including natural, man-made, technological,
industrial, or environmental emergencies or disasters, for which civil government is
primarily responsible. Because of major changes in the rationale and necessity for
emergency management capabilities, as well as the urgent requirement for
multiagency participation and inter-agency coordination to ensure timely, effective,
and appropriate disaster and emergency response in the Commonwealth, and to
otherwise modernize and improve the administration, effectiveness, and relevance
of the comprehensive emergency management program for the contemporary needs
of the citizens of the Commonwealth, the General Assembly declares:
(1) A Division of Emergency Management is hereby created as the emergency
management agency of state government which shall develop the
comprehensive emergency management program of the Commonwealth on
behalf of the Governor, and in consultation with the cabinet secretaries of state
government, other appropriate state agency heads, local elected chief
executives, local emergency management directors, and local emergency
planning committees, for the purpose of developing and enhancing
comprehensive emergency management program policies, plans, or
procedures to provide for a coordinated responsive, and integrated emergency
management system in the Commonwealth;
(2) The division may accept on behalf of the Commonwealth any grant,
contribution, or fund, federal or otherwise, made to assist in meeting the costs
of carrying out the provisions and purposes of KRS Chapters 39A to 39F, and
fully comply with all funding requirements imposed by the receipt and use of
the grant, contribution, or fund; and
(3) The term "Division of Emergency Management" shall constitute and designate
the official name of the emergency management agency of state government
created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and "Division of Emergency
Management," in the exact order or form as specified in this subsection, shall
not be utilized by or assigned to any other agency of state or local government,
or other state or local entity, or any political subdivision of the Commonwealth
to constitute or designate the official name of any such agency, entity, or
political subdivision.
Effective:July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998.
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