39A.030 Rationale and purpose of program -- Division of Emergency Management. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 39A.030 Rationale and purpose of program -- Division of Emergency Management. The General Assembly recognizes that the rationale and purpose of the comprehensive
emergency management program of the Commonwealth has evolved from a program for
response to threats to national security, enemy attack, and other national defense needs, to
a program for response to all hazards, but primarily, domestic hazards and threats
including natural, man-made, technological, industrial, or environmental emergencies or
disasters, for which civil government is primarily responsible. Because of major changes
in the rationale and necessity for emergency management capabilities, as well as the
urgent requirement for multiagency participation and inter-agency coordination to ensure
timely, effective, and appropriate disaster and emergency response in the Commonwealth,
and to otherwise modernize and improve the administration, effectiveness, and relevance
of the comprehensive emergency management program for the contemporary needs of the
citizens of the Commonwealth, the General Assembly declares:
(1) A Division of Emergency Management is hereby created as the emergency management agency of state government which shall develop the comprehensive
emergency management program of the Commonwealth on behalf of the Governor,
and in consultation with the cabinet secretaries of state government, other
appropriate state agency heads, local elected chief executives, local emergency
management directors, and local emergency planning committees, for the purpose
of developing and enhancing comprehensive emergency management program
policies, plans, or procedures to provide for a coordinated responsive, and
integrated emergency management system in the Commonwealth; (2) The division may accept on behalf of the Commonwealth any grant, contribution, or fund, federal or otherwise, made to assist in meeting the costs of carrying out the
provisions and purposes of KRS Chapters 39A to 39F, and fully comply with all
funding requirements imposed by the receipt and use of the grant, contribution, or
fund; and (3) The term "Division of Emergency Management" shall constitute and designate the official name of the emergency management agency of state government created
pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and "Division of Emergency
Management," in the exact order or form as specified in this subsection, shall not be
utilized by or assigned to any other agency of state or local government, or other
state or local entity, or any political subdivision of the Commonwealth to constitute
or designate the official name of any such agency, entity, or political subdivision. Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 226, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1998.