2011 Utah Code
Title 63K Emergency Management
Chapter 4 Disaster Response and Recovery Act
Section 301 Local emergency -- Declarations.

63K-4-301. Local emergency -- Declarations.
(1) (a) A local emergency may be declared by proclamation of the chief executive officer of a political subdivision.
(b) A local emergency shall not be continued or renewed for a period in excess of 30 days except by or with the consent of the governing body of the political subdivision.
(c) Any order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating a local emergency shall be filed promptly with the office of the clerk of the affected political subdivision.
(2) A declaration of a local emergency:
(a) constitutes an official recognition that a disaster situation exists within the affected political subdivision;
(b) provides a legal basis for requesting and obtaining mutual aid or disaster assistance from other cities, counties, or from the state or federal government;
(c) activates the response and recovery aspects of any and all applicable local disaster emergency plans; and
(d) authorizes the furnishing of aid and assistance in relation to the proclamation.
(3) A local emergency proclamation issued under this section shall state:
(a) the nature of the local emergency;
(b) the area or areas that are affected or threatened; and
(c) the conditions which caused the emergency.
(4) The emergency declaration process within the state shall be as follows:
(a) a city, town, or township shall declare to the county;
(b) a county shall declare to the state;
(c) the state shall declare to the federal government; and
(d) a tribe, as defined in Section 23-13-12.5, shall declare as determined under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 5121 et seq.
(5) Nothing in this part affects:
(a) the governor's authority to declare a state of emergency under Section 63K-4-203; or
(b) the duties, requests, reimbursements, or other actions taken by a political subdivision participating in the state-wide mutual aid system pursuant to Title 53, Chapter 2, Part 5, Statewide Mutual Aid Act.