39E.140 Political entities required to participate in local planning process.

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(1)City, county, urban-county governments, and charter county governments, school

districts, special purpose district boards, or other municipal corporations or political

subdivisions of the state or local government shall participate in the planning

process conducted by local emergency planning committees. This participation shall

include, as a minimum, providing information concerning government-owned or

controlled emergency response assets, reviewing plans developed by the committee,

and concurring that the final plan can be executed with existing resources.

(2)In local governments where local emergency management agencies receive state or

federal funds, those agencies shall provide administrative and planning support to

the committee as specified by the director of the division.

(3)If state or federal funds are appropriated specifically to support emergency response

planning or other portions of Pub. L. No. 99-499, these funds may be allocated to

local emergency management agencies and may be expended as specified by the

director.

(4)Local governments may enact ordinances specifying standards which owners or

operators of facilities shall meet to provide warning of releases to workers and to

the public which may be affected by a release.