Title 26 — Environmental Safety and Land Management
6 chapters · 64 sections in this title.
A.S.C.A. § 26.0101 Short title
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This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Territorial Disaster Assistance Act of 1978”. History: 1978, PL 15-105 § 1.
A.S.C.A. § 26.0102 Purposes
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The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) reduce vulnerability of people and communities of this Territory to damage, injury, and loss of life and property resulting from natural or manmade catastrophes, riots, or hostile military or paramilitary action; (2) prepare for prompt and…
A.S.C.A. § 26.0103 Limitations of chapter
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Nothing in this chapter may be construed to: (1) interfere with the course or conduct of a labor dispute, except that actions otherwise authorized by this chapter or other laws may be taken when necessary to forestall or mitigate imminent or existing danger to public health or sa…
A.S.C.A. § 26.0104 Definitions
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As used in this chapter: (a) “Disaster” means occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or manmade cause, including but not limited to fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, wave action, oil spill, …
A.S.C.A. § 26.0105 Responsibility of Governor-Disaster emergency council
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(a) The Governor is responsible for meeting the dangers to the Territory and people presented by disasters. (b) Under this chapter, the Governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and regulations, and amend or rescind them. Executive orders, proclamations, and regulations…
A.S.C.A. § 26.0106 Office of Territory Emergency Management Coordination
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(a) An Office of Territory Emergency Management Coordination is established in the Department of Homeland Security. The office is under the supervision and control of the Director of Homeland Security or his designee who is the disaster assistance coordinator. The office has a di…
A.S.C.A. § 26.0107 Availability of funds-Disaster contingency fund
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(a) It is the intent of the Legislature and declared to be the policy of the Territory that funds to meet disaster emergencies must always be available. (b) A Disaster Contingency Fund of not less than $50,000 is established which shall be ap-propriated by the Legislature. Moneys…
A.S.C.A. § 26.0108 Intergovernmental arrangements
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(a) The Governor may enter into a mutual aid compact with any state, or possession of the United States if he finds that joint action with the state or possession is desirable in meeting common intergovernmental problems of emergency disaster planning, prevention, response, and r…
A.S.C.A. § 26.0109 Disaster prevention
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(a) In addition to disaster prevention measures as included in the Territorial Disaster Assistance Plan, the Governor shall consider on a continuing basis steps that could be taken to prevent or reduce the harmful consequences of disasters. At his direction, and pursuant to any o…
A.S.C.A. § 26.0110 Compensation provisions
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(a) Each person within this Territory shall conduct himself and keep and manage his affairs and property in ways that will reasonably assist and will not unreasonably detract from the ability of the Territory and the public successfully to meet disaster emergencies. This obligati…
A.S.C.A. § 26.0111 Communications
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The office shall determine what means exist for rapid and efficient communications in times of disaster emergencies. The office shall consider the desirability of supplementing these com-munications resources or of integrating them into a comprehensive territorial communications …