Title 53, Title 53: Public Safety Code

53-2a-1203. Business and employee status during disaster period. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision, an out-of-state business that conducts operations within the state for purposes of performing work or services related to a declared state disaster or emergency during the di…

53-2a-1203. Business and employee status during disaster period. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision, an out-of-state business that conducts operations within the state for purposes of performing work or services related to a declared state disaster or emergency during the di…

53-2a-1204. Business or employee activity after disaster period. Any out-of-state business or out-of-state employee that remains in the state after the disaster period will become subject to the state's normal standards for establishing presence or residency, or doing business in…

53-2a-1205. Administration -- Notification and procedures. (1) Any out-of-state business that enters the state shall, within a reasonable time after entry, not to exceed 30 days, provide to the Division of Professional Licensing a statement that it is in the state for purposes of…

53-2a-1301. Definitions. As used in the part: (1) "Account" means the Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Restricted Account created in Section. 53-2a-1302 (2) "Affected community" means a community directly affected by an ongoing or recent disaster. (3) "Affected communi…

53-2a-1302. Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Restricted Account (1) There is created a restricted account in the General Fund known as the "Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation Restricted Account." (2) The account consists of: money appropriated to the account b…

53-2a-1303. Disaster Response and Recovery Grant. (1) The division may grant money under Subsectionappropriated from the account after receiving an application from an affected community for a disaster response and recovery grant. 53-2a-1302(4) (2) An affected community is eligib…

53-2a-1304. Allowed uses for disaster response and recovery grant funds. (1) An affected community may use or distribute grant funds provided under Sectionin accordance with funding guidelines provided by the division, which may include providing funds for disaster response and r…

53-2a-1305. Rulemaking authority and division responsibilities. (1) In accordance with, the division may make rules to: Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act designate the requirements and proceduresfor the governing body of an affected community to: apply for …

53-2a-1401. Title. This part is known as the "Local Emergency Management Act."

53-2a-1402. Designation and duties of emergency managers. (1) Each political subdivision of the state of Utah shall designate an emergency manager. (2) A political subdivision may designate an officer of the political subdivision to serve as the emergency manager. (3) An emergenc…

53-2a-1403. Emergency operations plan. (1) Each county shall create and maintain an emergency operations plan. (2) Each city and town shall: create and maintain an emergency operations plan; or adopt the emergency operations plan created by the county in which the city or town is…

53-2a-1501. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Committee" means the Grid Resilience Committee created in Section. 53-2a-1503 (2) "Division" means the Utah Division of Emergency Management created in Section. 53-2a-103 (3) "Grid resilience" means efforts to provide greater re…

53-2a-1502. Grid Resilience Committee -- Creation -- Membership. (1) There is created the Grid Resilience Committee composed of the following members: the director of the division shall appoint two representatives from the division; the director of the Office of Energy Developmen…

53-2a-1503. Committee duties -- Reporting -- Staffing. (1) The committee shall: develop knowledge about grid resilience and critical infrastructure protection; invite, as necessary, presenters with expertise in grid resilience or critical infrastructure protection; and discuss re…

53-2a-1601. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Emergency responder" includes a: firefighter; structural engineer; physician; physician assistant; paramedic; or technical rescue specialist. (2) "Emergency response team" means a group of emergency responders placed at the dire…

53-2a-1602. Emergency response team agreement -- Creation. (1) The division may enter into an agreement with a sponsoring agency to establish terms and conditions that apply to an emergency response team. (2) If the division enters into an agreement described in Subsection, the a…

53-2a-1603. Purposes for which an emergency response team member is considered an employee of the division. An emergency response team member is considered a division employee only for the following purposes: (1) receiving workers' compensation benefits, which shall be the exclus…

53-2a-201. Title. This part is known as the "Disaster Response and Recovery Act."

53-2a-202. Legislative findings -- Purpose. (1) The Legislature finds that existing and increasing threats of the occurrence of destructive disasters resulting from attack, internal disturbance, natural phenomenon or technological hazard could greatly affect the health, safety, a…

53-2a-203. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Chief executive officer" means: for a municipality: the mayor for a municipality operating under all forms of municipal government except the council-manager form of government; or the city manager for a municipality operating un…

53-2a-204. Authority of governor -- Federal assistance -- Fraud or willful misstatement in application for financial assistance -- Penalty. (1) In addition to any other authorities conferred upon the governor, if the governor issues an executive order declaring a state of emergen…

53-2a-205. Authority of chief executive officers of political subdivisions -- Ordering of evacuations. (1) In order to protect life and property when a state of emergency or local emergency has been declared, subject to limitation by the Legislature as described in Subsection, an…

53-2a-206. State of emergency -- Declaration -- Termination -- Commander in chief of military forces. (1) A state of emergency may be declared by executive order of the governor if the governor finds a disaster has occurred or the occurrence or threat of a disaster is imminent in…

53-2a-207. Expenditures authorized by "state of emergency" declaration. (1) The director may use funds authorized under this part to provide: transportation to and from the disaster scene; accommodations at the disaster scene for prolonged incidents; and emergency purchase of res…

53-2a-208. Local emergency -- Declarations -- Termination of a local emergency. (1) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a chief executive officer of a municipality or county may declare by proclamation a state of emergency if the chief executive officer finds: a disaster has…

53-2a-209. Orders, rules, and regulations having force of law -- Filing requirements -- Suspension of state agency rules -- Suspension of enforcement of certain statutes during a state of emergency. (1) Subject to Section, all orders, rules, and regulations promulgated by the gov…

53-2a-210. Reporting on the suspension or modification of certain statutes or rules or the suspension of the enforcement of a statute. (1) The governor and the Department of Public Safety shall report the following to the Legislative Management Committee: a suspension or modifica…

53-2a-211. Acquisition of property for public use -- Compensation of owners. (1) Upon proclamation of a state of emergency, the governor may purchase or lease public or private property for public use including: food and medical supplies; clothing; shelter; means of transportatio…

53-2a-212. Interstate agreements authorized -- Termination -- Mutual-aid compacts between subdivisions. (1) The governor is authorized to execute an interstate agreement or compact on behalf of this state with any other state or states only consistent with the powers herein grant…

53-2a-213. Authority additional to other emergency authority. (1) The special disaster emergency authority vested in the governor and political subdivisions of the state pursuant to this part shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other emergency authority otherwise con…

53-2a-214. Prohibition of restrictions on and confiscation of a firearm or ammunition during an emergency. (1) As used in this section: "Confiscate" means for an individual in Utah to intentionally deprive another of a privately owned firearm. "Confiscate" does not include the ta…

53-2a-215. Requirements for long-term emergency response -- Notice. (1) Except as provided in Subsection, and in accordance with Subsection, during a long-term state of emergency, the governor may not take an executive action in response to the emergency until the governor has pr…

53-2a-216. Termination of an executive action or directive. (1) The Legislature may at any time terminate by joint resolution: an order, a rule, ordinance, or action by a chief executive officer of a county or municipality as described in Sectionin response to a state of emergenc…

53-2a-218. Legislative Emergency Response Committee. (1) There is created an ad hoc committee known as the Legislative Emergency Response Committee. (2) The committee membership includes: the same membership as the Executive Appropriations Committee as constituted at the time the…

53-2a-219. Religious practice during a state of emergency. (1) During a state of emergency declared as described in this chapter: the governor or chief executive officer of a political subdivision may not impose a restriction on a religious gathering that is more restrictive than…

53-2a-221. State and local disaster response personnel. (1) As used in this section: "Local disaster response personnel" means a local government employee who, in accordance with this section, is reassigned duties in order to respond to a disaster. "Local government" means a muni…

53-2a-222. Control of local food. (1) As used in this section, "local food" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 4-1-109 (2) Subject to the provisions of Title 13, Chapter 41, Price Controls During Emergencies Act, the governor, an executive branch agency, or a poli…

53-2a-301. Title. This part is known as the "Statewide Mutual Aid Act."

53-2a-302. Definitions. As used in this part: (1) "Emergency responder": means a person in the public or private sector: who has special skills, qualification, training, knowledge, or experience, whether or not possessing a license, certificate, permit, or other official recognit…

53-2a-304. Withdrawal from the statewide mutual aid system. A county, municipality, public safety district, or public safety interlocal entity may withdraw from the statewide mutual aid system by: (1) enacting a resolution declaring that it elects not to participate in the system…

53-2a-305. Agreements not affected by this part. Nothing in this part may be construed: (1) to limit the state, a county, municipality, special district, special service district, or interlocal entity from entering into an agreement allowed by law for public safety and related pu…

53-2a-306. Duties of the Division of Emergency Management and participating political subdivisions. (1) The division shall: receive and maintain an inventory of the state and local services, equipment, supplies, personnel, and other resources related to participation in, and this…

53-2a-307. Requests for disaster assistance or assistance with an authorized drill or exercise. (1) The state or a participating political subdivision may request another participating political subdivision to assist: in preventing, mitigating, responding to, or recovering from a…

53-2a-308. Reimbursement -- Resolving reimbursement disputes. (1) Each requesting political subdivision shall reimburse each responding political subdivision providing assistance to the requesting political subdivision for any loss or damage suffered or expense or cost incurred b…

53-2a-309. Personnel responding to requests for assistance. (1) Each person or entity holding a license, certificate, or other permit evidencing qualification in a professional, mechanical, or other skill and responding to a request from a requesting political subdivision shall, …