AB757,10,1816 (b) In counties having a county executive under s. 59.031, the county board
17shall designate the county executive or confirm his or her appointee as county head
18of emergency government management services.
AB757,10,2419 (c) Each county board shall designate a committee of the board as a county
20emergency government management committee whose chairperson shall be a
21member of the committee designated by the chairperson of the county board. The
22committee, in counties having a county executive under s. 59.031, shall retain
23policy-making and rule-making powers in the establishment and development of
24county emergency government management plans and programs.
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1(d) During the continuance of a state of emergency proclaimed by the governor
2the county board of each county situated within the area to which the governor's
3proclamation applies may employ the county emergency government management
4organization and the facilities and other resources of the organization to cope with
5the problems of the emergency, and the governing body of each municipality and
6town situated within the area shall have similar authority with respect to municipal
7emergency government management organizations, facilities and resources.
8Nothing in this chapter prohibits counties and municipalities from employing their
9emergency government management organizations, facilities and resources to cope
10with the problems of local public emergencies except where restrictions are imposed
11by federal regulations on property donated by the federal government.
AB757,11,19 12(5) (title) Powers and duties of head of emergency government management
13services.
(a) The head of emergency government management services in each
14county, town and municipality shall for his or her respective county, town or
15municipality, develop and promulgate emergency government management plans
16consistent with state plans, direct the emergency government management program
17and perform such other duties related to emergency government management as are
18required by the governing body and the emergency government management
19committee of the governing body when applicable.
AB757,12,220 (b) The head of emergency government management services in each county
21shall coordinate and assist in developing town and municipal emergency
22government management plans within the county, integrate such plans with the
23county plan, advise the department of all emergency government management
24planning in the county and submit to the adjutant general such reports as he or she
25requires, direct and coordinate emergency government management activities

1throughout the county during a state of emergency, and direct countywide
2emergency government management training programs and exercises.
AB757,12,93 (c) The head of emergency government management services in each town and
4municipality shall direct local emergency government management training
5programs and exercises, direct participation in emergency government management
6programs and exercises ordered by the adjutant general and the county head of
7emergency government management services, and advise the county head of
8emergency government management services on local emergency government
9management programs and submit to him or her such reports as he or she requires.
AB757,12,1410 (d) During the continuance of a state of emergency proclaimed by the governor,
11the head of emergency government management services in each county, town and
12municipality, on behalf of his or her respective county, town or municipality, may
13contract with any person to provide equipment and services on a cost basis to be used
14in disaster relief.
AB757, s. 23 15Section 23. 166.03 (7) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB757,12,1816 166.03 (7) (a) Counties, towns and municipalities may cooperate under s. 66.30
17to furnish services, combine offices and finance emergency government management
18services.
AB757,12,2419 (b) Counties, towns and municipalities may contract for emergency
20government management services with political subdivisions, emergency
21government management units and civil defense units of this state, and upon prior
22approval of the adjutant general, with such entities in bordering states. A copy of
23each such agreement shall be filed with the adjutant general within 10 days after
24execution thereof.
AB757, s. 24 25Section 24. 166.03 (8) (a) to (e) and (g) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB757,13,3
1166.03 (8) (a) No emergency government management organization
2established under this section shall participate in any form of political activity or be
3employed directly or indirectly for any political activity.
AB757,13,54 (b) No emergency government management organization established under
5this section shall be employed to interfere with the orderly process of a labor dispute.
AB757,13,106 (c) No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any emergency
7government management organization under this section who advocates a change
8by force or violence in the constitutional form of government of the United States or
9this state or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging
10any subversive act against the United States.
AB757,14,711 (d) Employes of municipal and county emergency government management
12units are employes of the municipality or county to which the unit is attached for
13purposes of worker's compensation benefits. Employes of the area and state
14emergency government management units are employes of the state for purposes of
15worker's compensation benefits. Volunteer emergency government management
16workers are employes of the emergency government management unit with whom
17duly registered in writing for purposes of worker's compensation benefits. An
18emergency government management employe or volunteer who engages in
19emergency government management activities upon order of any echelon in the
20emergency government management organization other than that which carries his
21or her worker's compensation coverage shall be eligible for the same benefits as
22though employed by the governmental unit employing him or her. Any employment
23which is part of an emergency government management program including but not
24restricted because of enumeration, test runs and other activities which have a
25training objective as well as emergency government management activities during

1an emergency proclaimed in accordance with this chapter and which grows out of,
2and is incidental to, such emergency government management activity is covered
3employment. Members of an emergency government management unit who are not
4acting as employes of a private employer during emergency government
5management activities are employes of the emergency government management
6unit for which acting. If no pay agreement exists or if the contract pay is less, pay
7for worker's compensation purposes shall be computed in accordance with s. 102.11.
AB757,14,128 (e) Emergency government management employes as defined in par. (d) shall
9be indemnified by their sponsor against any tort liability to third persons incurred
10in the performance of emergency government management activities while acting in
11good faith and in a reasonable manner. Emergency government management
12activities constitute a governmental function.
AB757,14,1413 (g) Emergency government management employes as such shall receive no pay
14unless specific agreement for pay is made.
AB757, s. 25 15Section 25. 166.03 (9), (10), (13) and (14) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB757,14,1816 166.03 (9) Bearing of losses. Any loss arising from the damage to or
17destruction of government-owned equipment utilized in any authorized emergency
18government management activity shall be borne by the owner thereof.
AB757,15,3 19(10) Exemption from liability. No person who provides equipment or services
20under the direction of the governor, the adjutant general or the head of emergency
21government management services in any county, town or municipality during a state
22of emergency declared by the governor is liable for the death of or injury to any person
23or damage to any property caused by his or her actions, except where the trier of fact
24finds that the person acted intentionally or with gross negligence. This subsection
25does not affect the right of any person to receive benefits to which he or she would

1otherwise be entitled under the worker's compensation law or under any pension law,
2nor does it affect entitlement to any other benefits or compensation authorized by
3state or federal law.
AB757,15,14 4(13) Authority to withhold grants. If the adjutant general finds that any
5political subdivision of the state has not complied with the requirement of this
6section that it establish and maintain an operating emergency government
7management organization, he or she may refuse to approve grants of funds or items
8of equipment to such political subdivision until it complies. If such political
9subdivision fails to use funds or items of equipment granted to it through the
10adjutant general in accordance with the agreement under which the grant was made,
11the adjutant general may refuse to make any additional grants to such political
12subdivision until it has complied with the conditions of the prior grant, and he or she
13may start recovery proceedings on the funds and items of equipment which have not
14been used in accordance with the conditions of the grant.
AB757,15,18 15(14) Penalties. Whoever intentionally fails to comply with the directives of
16emergency government management authorities promulgated under this section
17during a state of emergency or during any training program or exercises may be fined
18not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both.
AB757, s. 26 19Section 26. 166.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB757,16,720 166.05 (1) Designation of emergency temporary location. Whenever, during
21a state of emergency it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the
22affairs of state government at the state capital, the governor shall, as often as the
23exigencies of the situation require, by proclamation designate an emergency
24temporary location for the seat of government at such place within or without this
25state as he or she deems advisable, and shall take such action and issue such orders

1as are necessary for an orderly transition of the affairs of state government to such
2emergency temporary location. If practicable, the emergency temporary location so
3designated by the governor shall conform to that provided for in the current
4emergency government management plan authorized by s. 166.03. Such emergency
5temporary location shall remain as the seat of government until the governor
6establishes a new location under this section, or until the emergency is ended under
7s. 166.03 and the seat of government is returned to its normal location.
AB757, s. 27 8Section 27. 166.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB757,16,229 166.06 (1) Designation of emergency temporary locations. Whenever during
10a state of emergency it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the
11affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the
12governing body of each county, town and municipality of this state may meet at any
13place within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision on the call
14of the presiding officer or his or her successor, and shall proceed to establish and
15designate by ordinance, resolution or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or
16places as the emergency temporary locations of government where all, or any part,
17of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency
18situation. Such alternate or substitute site or places may be within or without the
19territorial limits of such county, town or municipality and may be within or without
20those of the state. If practicable, they shall be the sites or places designated as the
21emergency temporary locations of government in the current emergency government
22management plan.
AB757, s. 28 23Section 28. 166.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB757,16,2524 166.15 (1) (d) "Emergency provider" means any person who provides
25emergency care or facilities and includes emergency government management.
AB757, s. 29
1Section 29. 166.20 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB757,17,62 166.20 (3) (c) Consult and coordinate with the county board, the county and
3local heads of emergency government management services designated under s.
4166.03 (4) (a) or (b) and the county emergency government management committee
5designated under s. 166.03 (4) (c) in the execution of the local emergency planning
6committee's duties under this section.
AB757, s. 30 7Section 30. 166.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB757,17,118 166.22 (1) (c) "Local agency" means an agency of a county, city, village or town,
9including a municipal police or fire department, a municipal health organization, a
10county office of emergency government management, a county sheriff, an emergency
11medical service or a public works department.
AB757, s. 31 12Section 31. 343.055 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB757,17,2113 343.055 (1) (b) Fire fighters. The operator of the commercial motor vehicle
14including, without limitation, fire trucks, hook and ladder trucks and foam or water
15transporters, is a person employed by a volunteer or paid fire organization and the
16person is operating emergency or fire fighting equipment necessary to the
17preservation of life or property or the execution of emergency government
18management functions and equipped with a siren and warning lamps as provided
19in ss. 347.25 (1) and 347.38 (4) and the operation is in the routine performance of
20other duties of the fire organization or in response to an emergency call under s.
21346.03 or during the return from a fire or other emergency response.
AB757, s. 32 22Section 32. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the day after
23publication, except as follows:
AB757,18,2
1(1) The repeal and recreation of section 15.947 (1) of the statutes takes effect
2on July 1, 1996.
AB757,18,33 (End)
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