2005 Minnesota Statutes - 12.29 — Declaration of local emergency.

     12.29 Declaration of local emergency. 


    Subdivision 1.    Authority to declare emergency.  A 
 local emergency may be declared only by the mayor of a 
 municipality or the chair of a county board of commissioners or 
 their legal successors.  It may not be continued for a period in 
 excess of three days except by or with the consent of the 
 governing body of the political subdivision.  Any order or 
 proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local 
 emergency must be given prompt and general publicity and filed 
 promptly by the chief of the local record-keeping agency of the 
 political subdivision. 


    Subd. 2.    Effect of declaration of emergency.  A 
 declaration of a local emergency invokes necessary portions of 
 the response and recovery aspects of applicable local or 
 interjurisdictional disaster plans, and may authorize aid and 
 assistance under those plans. 


    Subd. 3.    Interjurisdictional agencies.  No 
 interjurisdictional agency or official may declare a local 
 emergency unless expressly authorized by the agreement under 
 which the agency functions.  However, an interjurisdictional 
 disaster agency shall provide aid and services in accordance 
 with the agreement under which it functions. 


    HIST: 1976 c 266 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1996 c 344 s 18