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2025 West Virginia Code
Chapter 15. Public Safety
Article 5. Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
- §15-5-1. Policy and Purpose
- §15-5-2. Definitions
- §15-5-3. Division of Emergency Management Created
- §15-5-4. West Virginia Disaster Recovery Board Created; Organization of Board; Appointment of Board Members; Term of Office and Expenses of Board Members; Meetings
- §15-5-4b. West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund Disbursement
- §15-5-4c. Powers and Duties Related to the West Virginia Disaster Recovery Trust Fund
- §15-5-5. General Powers of the Governor
- §15-5-6. Proclamation of a State of Emergency or State of Preparedness by the Governor or the Legislature; Additional Powers of the Governor During a State of Emergency or State of Preparedness
- §15-5-6a. Temporary Suspension of Nutrition Standards in Public Schools
- §15-5-7. Mobile Support Units
- §15-5-8. Local Organization for Emergency Services
- §15-5-9. Mutual Aid Agreements
- §15-5-10. Regional Organizations for Emergency Services
- §15-5-11. Immunity and Exemption; &Quot;duly Qualified Emergency Service Worker" Defined
- §15-5-12. Liability to Sheltered Persons
- §15-5-13. Appropriations; Acceptance of Services, Gifts, Grants, and Loans
- §15-5-14. Political Activity of Emergency Service Organizations
- §15-5-15. Emergency Service Personnel
- §15-5-15a. Paid Leave for Disaster Service Volunteers
- §15-5-15b. Paid Leave for Certain State Officers and Employees During a Declared State of Emergency
- §15-5-16. Utilization of Existing Services and Facilities
- §15-5-17. Enforcement
- §15-5-18. Arrest by Peace Officer Without Warrant
- §15-5-19. Unorganized Militia
- §15-5-19a. Possession of Firearms During a Declared State of Emergency
- §15-5-19b. Criminal Penalties for Using Automated Telephone Calls to Disseminate False, Misleading or Deceptive Information Regarding Matters Effecting or Effected by a Proclaimed State of Emergency or State of Preparedness
- §15-5-20. Disaster Prevention
- §15-5-20a. Floodplain Manager Training
- §15-5-20b. Continuation of the State Office of the National Flood Insurance Program; Transfer to the Division of Emergency Management; Funding; Responsibilities
- §15-5-21. Communications
- §15-5-22. Emergency Management Assistance Compact
- §15-5-23. Severability; Conflicts
- §15-5-24. Disaster Recovery Trust Fund; Disbursement of Funds
- §15-5-25. Prohibition on Funds Inuring to the Benefit of or Being Distributable to Members, Officers or Private Persons
- §15-5-26. Tax Exemption
- §15-5-27. Annual Report
- §15-5-28. Statewide Mutual Aid System
- §15-5-29. Cooperation With State Resiliency Office
- §15-5-30. State of Emergency; State of Preparedness; Essential Workers
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