As used in the Oklahoma Civil Defense and Emergency Resources Management Act:

1. "Civil defense" means the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, other than functions for which the military services are primarily responsible, by organized and trained volunteer civilian persons, who will extend existent governmental functions and provide other necessary nongovernmental functions, to prevent, minimize and repair injury and damage resulting from enemy attack, sabotage, or other hostile action, or disasters caused by fire, flood, tornado, earthquake, or other causes developing to such an extent to cause an extreme emergency situation to arise which by declaration of the Governor jeopardizes the welfare of the citizens of this state. These emergency functions include, but are not limited to, fire fighting services, police services, medical and health services, rescue, engineering, air raid warning services, communications, radiological, chemical and other special weapons of defense, evacuations of persons from stricken areas, emergency welfare services (civilian war aid), emergency transportation, existing or properly assigned functions of plant protection, integration of industry emergency plans into civil defense plans, assistance to private and public utility companies in the temporary restoration of public utility services, and other functions related to civilian protection, together with all other activities necessary or incidental to the preparation for and carrying out of the emergency functions;

2. "Emergency Resources Management Plan" means that plan which sets forth the organization, administration and functions for the civil defense emergency resources management by the state government of essential resources and economic stabilization within the state. Such plan shall provide an emergency organization and emergency administrative policies and procedures for the conservation, allocation, distribution, and use of essential resources available to the state following a civil defense emergency such as an attack upon the United States. The Emergency Resources Management Plan shall be supplemental to the national plan for emergency preparedness adopted by the President of the United States, and shall become operative upon the establishment of a civil defense emergency. To the extent that the federal government is either incapable of or not prepared to conduct its emergency resources management program, the state plan will substitute for and replace the federal program until such time as the federal program becomes effective in the state;

3. "Civil defense emergency" means any state of emergency caused by enemy attack upon the United States or a state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or the Governor of Oklahoma upon the occurrence of an attack upon the United States or when such attack is imminent or when an emergency is caused by a disaster. A civil defense emergency terminates upon declaration of the Governor of Oklahoma or concurrent resolution of the Oklahoma Legislature to such effect, or at the end of thirty (30) days if not renewed by the Governor or the Legislature, with the following exception: A proclamation of the Governor establishing a civil defense emergency, when an enemy attack upon the United States is imminent, shall not be issued on a legislative day when the Oklahoma Legislature is in session without first being approved by concurrent resolution of the Legislature. A proclamation of the Governor terminating a civil defense emergency for an enemy attack upon the United States shall not be issued during the time that the Oklahoma Legislature is in session without first being approved by concurrent resolution of the Legislature;

4. "Emergency" means any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the President of the United States or the Governor of the State of Oklahoma, federal or state assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert threat of a catastrophe in any part of the state;

5. "Enemy Attack" means an actual attack by a foreign nation by hostile air raids, or other forms of warfare upon this state or any other state or territory of the United States;

6. "Hazard mitigation" means any cost-effective measure which will reduce or eliminate the effects of a natural disaster;

7. "Local organization for civil defense" means an organization created in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Civil Defense and Emergency Resources Management Act by state or local authority to perform local civil defense functions;

8. "Mobile support units" means an organization for civil defense created in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Civil Defense and Emergency Resources Management Act by state or local authority to be dispatched by the Governor to supplement local organizations for civil defense in a stricken area;

9. "Natural disaster" means any natural catastrophe, including, but not limited to, a tornado, storm, high water, flood waters, wind-driven water, earthquake, landslide, mudslide, snowstorm, or drought which causes damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant hazard mitigation or the use of resources of the federal government, or the state and political subdivisions thereof to alleviate the damage, loss, hardship or suffering caused thereby; and

10. "Political subdivision" shall mean any county, city, town or municipal corporation of the State of Oklahoma.

Historical Data

---

Laws 1967, c. 33, § 3, emerg. eff. Feb. 14, 1967; Laws 1976, c. 135, § 2, emerg. eff. May 24, 1976; Laws 1979, c. 50, § 1, eff. July 1, 1979; Amended by Laws 1999, c. 57, § 3, eff. July 01,1999 (superseded document available).

 

 

 

Citationizer^® Summary of Documents Citing This Document

---

Cite	Name	Level
None Found.

Citationizer: Table of Authority

---

Cite	Name	Level
None Found.