2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 39A - STATEWIDE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
39A.270 Use of publicly owned resources at impending, happening, or response phase of disaster or emergency.

Download as PDF 39A.270 Use of publicly owned resources at impending, happening, or response phase of disaster or emergency. (1) (2) (3) (4) During the threatened or impending happening of a disaster or emergency, the Governor, the Adjutant General, or the Director may authorize the use of public employees, equipment, supplies, materials, funds, or any other publicly owned or supported resources to assist in the mitigation of the potential effects of the disaster or emergency, regardless of whether the use is on public or private property. During the actual happening of and any part of the response phase of a disaster or emergency the Governor, the Adjutant General, or the Director, shall, when necessary or desirable, authorize the use of public employees, equipment, supplies, materials, funds, or any other publicly owned or supported resource to assist in the operations of government, or the private sector, necessary to deal with the disaster or emergency, regardless of whether the use is on public or private property. After the active or response phase of the disaster or emergency has passed and the recovery phase has begun, the Governor, the Adjutant General, or the Director may authorize the use of public employees, equipment, supplies, funds, or any other publicly owned or supported resources to assist in the recovery phase of the disaster or emergency, regardless of whether the use is on public or private property. A formal declaration of disaster or emergency shall not be necessary to invoke the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of this section. Effective:July 15, 1998 History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 26, effective July 15, 1998.