2005 WISCONSIN ACT 257
An Act to amend 166.03 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes; relating to: standards for local emergency planning programs and granting rule-making authority.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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1. 166.03 (2) (a) 3. of the statutes is amended to read:
166.03 (2) (a) 3. Furnish guidance and develop and promulgate standards for emergency management programs for counties, cities, villages, and towns and municipalities, and prescribe nomenclature for all levels of emergency management. The standards shall include a requirement that county, city, village, and town, and municipal emergency management programs under sub. (4) (a) utilize the incident command system during a state of emergency declared under sub. (1) (b) 1. or s. 166.23 (1) or in any other multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response. The standards for fire, rescue, and emergency medical services shall include the adoption of the intergovernmental cooperation Mutual Aid Box Alarm System as a mechanism that may be used for deploying personnel and equipment in a multi-jurisdictional or multi-agency emergency response. The adjutant general shall promulgate these standards as rules.
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Nonstatutory provisions.
(1) The adjutant general shall submit the proposed rules for fire, rescue, and emergency medical services required under section 166.03 (2) (a) 3., as affected by this act, to the legislative council staff by the first day of the 8th month beginning after publication.
