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H.B. 125 Enrolled

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INTERSTATE LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT

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2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Curtis Oda

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Senate Sponsor: Deidre M. Henderson

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill enacts the Interstate Local Emergency Response Act.
             10      Highlighted Provisions:
             11          This bill:
             12          .    permits the governor to enter into an interstate emergency response agreement with
             13      another state that enacts similar legislation to permit and establish procedures and
             14      requirements relating to the sharing of emergency services between political
             15      subdivisions of the states under circumstances where the provisions of Title 53,
             16      Chapter 2, Part 2, Emergency Management Assistance Compact, do not apply;
             17          .    describes requirements for an interstate emergency response agreement and a local
             18      emergency response agreement; and
             19          .    addresses authority, liability, immunity, and other considerations relating to a
             20      person who responds to an emergency in accordance with the provisions of this bill.
             21      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             22          None
             23      Other Special Clauses:
             24          This bill coordinates with H.B. 302, Emergency Response Amendments, by changing
             25      the title, chapter, and section numbers included in this bill.
             26      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             27      ENACTS:
             28          63K-6-101, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             29          63K-6-102, Utah Code Annotated 1953


             30          63K-6-201, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             31          63K-6-202, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             32          63K-6-301, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             33          63K-6-302, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             34          63K-6-303, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             35          63K-6-401, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             36          63K-6-402, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             37          63K-6-403, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             38     
             39      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             40          Section 1. Section 63K-6-101 is enacted to read:
             41     
CHAPTER 6. INTERSTATE LOCAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT

             42     
Part 1. General Provisions

             43          63K-6-101. Title.
             44          (1) This chapter is known as the "Interstate Local Emergency Response Act."
             45          (2) This part is known as "General Provisions."
             46          Section 2. Section 63K-6-102 is enacted to read:
             47          63K-6-102. Definitions.
             48          As used in this chapter:
             49          (1) "Assisting political subdivision" means a political subdivision that provides
             50      emergency services to a political subdivision in another state in accordance with a local
             51      emergency response agreement between the political subdivisions.
             52          (2) "Certification" includes any license, certificate, permit, document, or other evidence
             53      issued by a government entity that authorizes a person to engage in an activity, within the
             54      person's scope of practice, that requires a specific skill set, education, expertise, or other
             55      qualifications.
             56          (3) "Emergency" means:
             57          (a) a natural or man-made disaster, a riot, a civil disturbance, violence, criminal


             58      activity, a fire, a flood, or extreme weather;
             59          (b) an injury, illness, or other medical condition that requires an expedited response; or
             60          (c) a circumstance that presents an imminent threat to life, property, or the public
             61      health, safety, or welfare.
             62          (4) "Emergency responder" means a person employed by, under contract with, or acting
             63      as an official volunteer for a political subdivision of a state that provides emergency services,
             64      including any of the following:
             65          (a) a law enforcement officer;
             66          (b) a firefighter;
             67          (c) a provider of medical services or first aid;
             68          (d) an explosives expert;
             69          (e) a person who provides hazardous materials containment or cleanup; or
             70          (f) another provider of emergency services.
             71          (5) "Emergency services" means services provided by a public entity in response to an
             72      emergency.
             73          (6) "Interstate emergency response agreement" means an agreement described in
             74      Subsection 63K-6-202 (1) between Utah and another state authorizing a political subdivision in
             75      Utah to enter into an agreement to provide emergency services to, and receive emergency
             76      services from, a political subdivision in the other state.
             77          (7) "Local emergency response agreement" means an agreement described in
             78      Subsection 63K-6-202 (2)(a) that is:
             79          (a) between a political subdivision in Utah and a political subdivision in another state,
             80      providing for the provision of emergency services to, or the receipt of emergency services
             81      from, each other; and
             82          (b) entered into under the provisions of this chapter.
             83          (8) "Requesting political subdivision" means a political subdivision that requests
             84      emergency services from a political subdivision in another state in accordance with a local
             85      emergency response agreement between the political subdivisions.


             86          Section 3. Section 63K-6-201 is enacted to read:
             87     
Part 2. Emergency Response Agreements

             88          63K-6-201. Title.
             89          This part is known as "Emergency Response Agreements."
             90          Section 4. Section 63K-6-202 is enacted to read:
             91          63K-6-202. Interstate emergency response agreement -- Local emergency response
             92      agreement.
             93          (1) The governor may enter into an interstate emergency response agreement with
             94      another state, if the other state enacts a law substantially similar to this chapter, to permit and
             95      establish procedures and requirements relating to the sharing of emergency services between
             96      political subdivisions of the states under circumstances where the provisions of Title 53,
             97      Chapter 2, Part 2, Emergency Management Assistance Compact, do not apply, including:
             98          (a) when emergency responders in an assisting political subdivision may respond to an
             99      emergency more easily, quickly, or at less cost than responders in a requesting political
             100      subdivision;
             101          (b) when a requesting political subdivision desires emergency responders in an
             102      assisting political subdivision to provide additional resources or other assistance in response to
             103      an emergency in the requesting political subdivision; or
             104          (c) when emergency responders in a requesting political subdivision are unable to
             105      respond, or unable to adequately respond, to an emergency in the requesting political
             106      subdivision.
             107          (2) An emergency response agreement shall:
             108          (a) permit a political subdivision in one state to enter into a local emergency response
             109      agreement with a political subdivision in another state to permit, and establish procedures and
             110      requirements relating to, the sharing of emergency services described in Subsection (1) if the
             111      agreement is consistent with the interstate emergency response agreement and the provisions of
             112      this chapter;
             113          (b) describe the circumstances under which an assisting political subdivision may


             114      reject a request to provide resources to a requesting political subdivision;
             115          (c) establish requirements relating to reimbursement of the assisting political
             116      subdivision by the requesting political subdivision for any loss, damage, costs, compensation of
             117      personnel, or other expenses incurred by the assisting political subdivision; and
             118          (d) incorporate the provisions described in Part 3, Reciprocity, and Part 4,
             119      Miscellaneous Provisions.
             120          Section 5. Section 63K-6-301 is enacted to read:
             121     
Part 3. Reciprocity

             122          63K-6-301. Title.
             123          This part is known as "Reciprocity."
             124          Section 6. Section 63K-6-302 is enacted to read:
             125          63K-6-302. Reciprocal immunity -- Limitation on liability.
             126          (1) An officer, employee, or agent of an assisting political subdivision who provides
             127      assistance in responding to an emergency in Utah under an emergency response agreement:
             128          (a) is protected from liability under the laws of Utah as if the officer, employee, or
             129      agent of the assisting political subdivision is an officer, employee, or agent of Utah; and
             130          (b) is considered an agent of the requesting political subdivision for the purposes of
             131      tort liability and immunity.
             132          (2) In addition to the protections described in Subsection (1), and except as provided in
             133      Subsection (3), an assisting political subdivision, and each officer, employee, or agent of the
             134      assisting political subdivision, who provides assistance in responding to an emergency in Utah
             135      under an emergency response agreement is not liable for an act or omission performed in good
             136      faith in providing the assistance, including the maintenance or use of equipment or supplies.
             137          (3) The additional liability protection described in Subsection (2) does not apply to
             138      misconduct that is willful, wanton, or reckless.
             139          Section 7. Section 63K-6-303 is enacted to read:
             140          63K-6-303. Reciprocal authority.
             141          (1) An emergency responder from an assisting political subdivision outside of Utah


             142      who responds to an emergency in a requesting political subdivision inside of Utah has the same
             143      authority to act as an emergency responder of the same type in the requesting political
             144      subdivision.
             145          (2) An emergency responder from an assisting political subdivision outside of Utah
             146      who responds to an emergency in a requesting political subdivision inside of Utah and who
             147      holds a certification that is valid in the assisting political subdivision or in the assisting
             148      political subdivision's state shall, during the emergency response, have the authority to act as if
             149      the emergency responder holds the same certification in the requesting political subdivision or
             150      in Utah, if the emergency responder's actions authorized by the certification are taken for the
             151      purpose of responding to an emergency in the requesting political subdivision.
             152          Section 8. Section 63K-6-401 is enacted to read:
             153     
Part 4. Miscellaneous Provisions

             154          63K-6-401. Title.
             155          This part is known as "Miscellaneous Provisions."
             156          Section 9. Section 63K-6-402 is enacted to read:
             157          63K-6-402. Benefits in case of injury or death.
             158          An assisting political subdivision shall provide its officers who respond, under this
             159      chapter, to an emergency in a requesting political subdivision and who, during the response, are
             160      injured or die in the state of the requesting political subdivision with the same death benefits
             161      and compensation, including workers' compensation, that the officers would be entitled to if
             162      the emergency and response had occurred in the assisting political subdivision.
             163          Section 10. Section 63K-6-403 is enacted to read:
             164          63K-6-403. Emergency Management Assistance Compact takes precedence.
             165          The provisions of Title 53, Chapter 2, Part 2, Emergency Management Assistance
             166      Compact, supercede the provisions of this chapter for any period of time when a declared state
             167      of emergency is in effect, under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, with respect
             168      to a requesting political subdivision.
             169          Section 11. Coordinating H.B. 125 with H.B. 302 -- Technical amendments.


             170          If this H.B. 125 and H.B. 302, Emergency Response Amendments, both pass and
             171      become law, the Legislature intends that:
             172          (1) Title 63K, Chapter 6, Interstate Local Emergency Response Act, in this H.B. 125 be
             173      renumbered to Title 53, Chapter 2b, and that all section numbers and the corresponding
             174      cross-references to those section numbers be changed from Title 63K, Chapter 6, Interstate
             175      Local Emergency Response Act, to Title 53, Chapter 2b;
             176          (2) in Sections 63K-6-202 and 63K-6-403 the references to "Title 53, Chapter 2" be
             177      changed to "Title 53, Chapter 2a"; and
             178          (3) the Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel make these changes in
             179      preparing the Utah Code database for publication.


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