Section 12-10B-5 - Request for aid.

NM Stat § 12-10B-5 (2019) (N/A)
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A. A member jurisdiction may request aid from another member jurisdiction:

(1) to prevent, mitigate, respond to or recover from an emergency or disaster; or

(2) in concert with drills or exercises between member jurisdictions.

B. A request for aid shall be made by or through the presiding officer of the governing body of a member jurisdiction or the chief executive officer or the officer's designee of a member jurisdiction. A request may be verbal or in writing. If the request is verbal, it shall be confirmed in writing within thirty days of the date on which the request was made.

History: Laws 2006, ch. 97, § 5.

Emergency clause. — Laws 2006, ch. 97, § 11 contained an emergency clause and was approved March 7, 2006.