Utah Emergency Management and Homeland Security Statutory Authorities Summarized

Publication Date: May 2004

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Government

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The Utah Emergency Services and Homeland Security Act created the Division of Emergency Services and Homeland Security, outlined procedures for hazardous materials emergencies and search and rescue, and provided for mutual aid agreements. Financial support for emergency management activities is derived from federal grants, state matching money, and a state disaster trust fund. The Emergency Interim Succession Act provides for succession of powers of the governor, state officers and judges in emergencies. Other provisions allow the state and local seats of government to be relocated in an emergency.

This report is one of a series that profiles emergency management and homeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each profile identifies the more significant elements of state statutes, generally as codified. Congressional readers may wish to conduct further searches for related provisions using the Internet link presented in the last section of this report. The National Conference of State Legislatures provided primary research assistance in the development of these profiles under contract to the Congressional Research Service (CRS). Summary information on all of the profiles is presented in CRS Report RL32287. This report will be updated as developments warrant.