AB847,13,222 (d) During the continuance of a state of emergency proclaimed by the governor,
23the head of emergency government management services in each county, town and
24municipality, on behalf of his or her respective county, town or municipality, may

1contract with any person to provide equipment and services on a cost basis to be used
2in disaster relief.
AB847, s. 23 3Section 23. 166.03 (7) (a) and (b) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB847,13,64 166.03 (7) (a) Counties, towns and municipalities may cooperate under s. 66.30
5to furnish services, combine offices and finance emergency government management
6services.
AB847,13,127 (b) Counties, towns and municipalities may contract for emergency
8government management services with political subdivisions, emergency
9government management units and civil defense units of this state, and upon prior
10approval of the adjutant general, with such entities in bordering states. A copy of
11each such agreement shall be filed with the adjutant general within 10 days after
12execution thereof.
AB847, s. 24 13Section 24. 166.03 (8) (a) to (e) and (g) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB847,13,1614 166.03 (8) (a) No emergency government management organization
15established under this section shall participate in any form of political activity or be
16employed directly or indirectly for any political activity.
AB847,13,1817 (b) No emergency government management organization established under
18this section shall be employed to interfere with the orderly process of a labor dispute.
AB847,13,2319 (c) No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any emergency
20government management organization under this section who advocates a change
21by force or violence in the constitutional form of government of the United States or
22this state or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging
23any subversive act against the United States.
AB847,14,2024 (d) Employes of municipal and county emergency government management
25units are employes of the municipality or county to which the unit is attached for

1purposes of worker's compensation benefits. Employes of the area and state
2emergency government management units are employes of the state for purposes of
3worker's compensation benefits. Volunteer emergency government management
4workers are employes of the emergency government management unit with whom
5duly registered in writing for purposes of worker's compensation benefits. An
6emergency government management employe or volunteer who engages in
7emergency government management activities upon order of any echelon in the
8emergency government management organization other than that which carries his
9or her worker's compensation coverage shall be eligible for the same benefits as
10though employed by the governmental unit employing him or her. Any employment
11which is part of an emergency government management program including but not
12restricted because of enumeration, test runs and other activities which have a
13training objective as well as emergency government management activities during
14an emergency proclaimed in accordance with this chapter and which grows out of,
15and is incidental to, such emergency government management activity is covered
16employment. Members of an emergency government management unit who are not
17acting as employes of a private employer during emergency government
18management activities are employes of the emergency government management
19unit for which acting. If no pay agreement exists or if the contract pay is less, pay
20for worker's compensation purposes shall be computed in accordance with s. 102.11.
AB847,14,2521 (e) Emergency government management employes as defined in par. (d) shall
22be indemnified by their sponsor against any tort liability to third persons incurred
23in the performance of emergency government management activities while acting in
24good faith and in a reasonable manner. Emergency government management
25activities constitute a governmental function.
AB847,15,2
1(g) Emergency government management employes as such shall receive no pay
2unless specific agreement for pay is made.
AB847, s. 25 3Section 25. 166.03 (9), (10), (13) and (14) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB847,15,64 166.03 (9) Bearing of losses. Any loss arising from the damage to or
5destruction of government-owned equipment utilized in any authorized emergency
6government management activity shall be borne by the owner thereof.
AB847,15,16 7(10) Exemption from liability. No person who provides equipment or services
8under the direction of the governor, the adjutant general or the head of emergency
9government management services in any county, town or municipality during a state
10of emergency declared by the governor is liable for the death of or injury to any person
11or damage to any property caused by his or her actions, except where the trier of fact
12finds that the person acted intentionally or with gross negligence. This subsection
13does not affect the right of any person to receive benefits to which he or she would
14otherwise be entitled under the worker's compensation law or under any pension law,
15nor does it affect entitlement to any other benefits or compensation authorized by
16state or federal law.
AB847,16,2 17(13) Authority to withhold grants. If the adjutant general finds that any
18political subdivision of the state has not complied with the requirement of this
19section that it establish and maintain an operating emergency government
20management organization, he or she may refuse to approve grants of funds or items
21of equipment to such political subdivision until it complies. If such political
22subdivision fails to use funds or items of equipment granted to it through the
23adjutant general in accordance with the agreement under which the grant was made,
24the adjutant general may refuse to make any additional grants to such political
25subdivision until it has complied with the conditions of the prior grant, and he or she

1may start recovery proceedings on the funds and items of equipment which have not
2been used in accordance with the conditions of the grant.
AB847,16,6 3(14) Penalties. Whoever intentionally fails to comply with the directives of
4emergency government management authorities promulgated under this section
5during a state of emergency or during any training program or exercises may be fined
6not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 90 days or both.
AB847, s. 26 7Section 26. 166.05 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,16,208 166.05 (1) Designation of emergency temporary location. Whenever, during
9a state of emergency it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the
10affairs of state government at the state capital, the governor shall, as often as the
11exigencies of the situation require, by proclamation designate an emergency
12temporary location for the seat of government at such place within or without this
13state as he or she deems advisable, and shall take such action and issue such orders
14as are necessary for an orderly transition of the affairs of state government to such
15emergency temporary location. If practicable, the emergency temporary location so
16designated by the governor shall conform to that provided for in the current
17emergency government management plan authorized by s. 166.03. Such emergency
18temporary location shall remain as the seat of government until the governor
19establishes a new location under this section, or until the emergency is ended under
20s. 166.03 and the seat of government is returned to its normal location.
AB847, s. 27 21Section 27. 166.06 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,17,1022 166.06 (1) Designation of emergency temporary locations. Whenever during
23a state of emergency it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the
24affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the
25governing body of each county, town and municipality of this state may meet at any

1place within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision on the call
2of the presiding officer or his or her successor, and shall proceed to establish and
3designate by ordinance, resolution or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or
4places as the emergency temporary locations of government where all, or any part,
5of the public business may be transacted and conducted during the emergency
6situation. Such alternate or substitute site or places may be within or without the
7territorial limits of such county, town or municipality and may be within or without
8those of the state. If practicable, they shall be the sites or places designated as the
9emergency temporary locations of government in the current emergency government
10management plan.
AB847, s. 28 11Section 28. 166.15 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,17,1312 166.15 (1) (d) "Emergency provider" means any person who provides
13emergency care or facilities and includes emergency government management.
AB847, s. 29 14Section 29. 166.20 (3) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,17,1915 166.20 (3) (c) Consult and coordinate with the county board, the county and
16local heads of emergency government management services designated under s.
17166.03 (4) (a) or (b) and the county emergency government management committee
18designated under s. 166.03 (4) (c) in the execution of the local emergency planning
19committee's duties under this section.
AB847, s. 30 20Section 30. 166.22 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,17,2421 166.22 (1) (c) "Local agency" means an agency of a county, city, village or town,
22including a municipal police or fire department, a municipal health organization, a
23county office of emergency government management, a county sheriff, an emergency
24medical service or a public works department.
AB847, s. 31 25Section 31. 343.055 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB847,18,9
1343.055 (1) (b) Fire fighters. The operator of the commercial motor vehicle
2including, without limitation, fire trucks, hook and ladder trucks and foam or water
3transporters, is a person employed by a volunteer or paid fire organization and the
4person is operating emergency or fire fighting equipment necessary to the
5preservation of life or property or the execution of emergency government
6management functions and equipped with a siren and warning lamps as provided
7in ss. 347.25 (1) and 347.38 (4) and the operation is in the routine performance of
8other duties of the fire organization or in response to an emergency call under s.
9346.03 or during the return from a fire or other emergency response.
AB847, s. 32 10Section 32. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB847,18,13 11(1) Notwithstanding section 15.315 (1) of the statutes, as affected by this act,
12the members appointed to the state emergency response board under that subsection
13shall serve for the following initial terms:
AB847,18,17 14(a) One of the members representing industry, the member representing fire
15fighting, the member representing a labor organization, the member representing
16small businesses and the member representing the department of natural resources
17shall serve for terms expiring on May 1, 1997.
AB847,18,22 18(b) The member representing a farm or agricultural organization, the member
19representing the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection, the
20member representing the department of military affairs and the member
21representing an environmental organization shall serve for terms expiring on May
221, 1998.
AB847,19,2 23(c) The other member representing industry, the member representing public
24or community health services, the member representing law enforcement and one of

1the members representing elected officials or employes of county or municipal
2government shall serve for terms expiring on May 1, 1999.
AB847,19,7 3(d) The other member representing elected officials or employes of county or
4municipal government, the member representing the department of health and
5family services, the member representing the department of transportation and the
6member representing the department of industry, labor and job development shall
7serve for terms expiring on May 1, 2000.
AB847, s. 33 8Section 33. Effective date.
AB847,19,9 9(1) This act takes effect on July 1, 1996.
AB847,19,1010 (End)
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