Ohio Emergency Management and Homeland Security Authorities Summarized


 

Publication Date: April 2004

Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

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Research Area: Government

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Coverage: Ohio

Abstract:

Ohio’s primary emergency management statute, Chapter 55, authorizes the state emergency management agency and countywide emergency management agencies to undertake specified activities and provides for mutual aid agreements, as well as temporary seats of government for state and local governments. Assistance and funding come primarily from appropriations, federal aid and certain tax exemptions. Ohio’s emergency interim government code provides lines of succession for all levels of government.