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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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S.B. 849
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The purpose of this compact is to provide mutual aid among the states in
meeting any emergency from enemy attack or other cause (natural or otherwise)
including sabotage and subversive acts and direct attacks by bombs, shellfire, and
atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological means, and other weapons. The prompt,
full and effective utilization of the resources of the respective states, including such
resources as may be available from the United States government or any other
source, are essential to the safety, care and welfare of the people thereof in the event
of enemy action or other emergency, and any other resources, including personnel,
equipment or supplies, shall be incorporated into a plan or plans of mutual aid to be
developed among emergency management and civil defense agencies or similar bodies
of the states that are parties hereto. The directors of emergency management and
civil defense of all party states shall constitute a committee to formulate plans and
take all necessary steps for the implementation of this compact.
(7) Article 7. Compensation and death benefits.
Each party state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death
benefits to injured members of the emergency management and civil defense forces of
that state and the representatives of deceased members of such forces in case such
members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid pursuant to this compact,
in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained
within such state.
14-702.
(1) Article I. Purpose and Authorities.
This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating
member states which enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the
purposes of this compact, the term "states" is taken to mean the several states, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial
possessions.
The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance between the
states entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly
declared by the Governor of the affected state(s), whether arising from natural
disaster, technological hazard, man-made disaster, civil emergency aspects of
resources shortages, community disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.
This compact shall also provide for mutual cooperation in emergency—related
exercises, testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel
simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party
states or subdivisions of party states during emergencies, such actions occurring
outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may
include the use of the states' National Guard forces, either in accordance with the
National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact or by mutual agreement between states.
(8) Article VIII. Compensation.
Each party state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death
benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that state and representatives
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