Title 9 Part 506

The emergency materials, supplies and equipment so purchased, rented or requisitioned immediately after attack by a local director, for delivery to or use by welfare centers, medical and other civil defense installations and for maintenance of civil defense personnel within his territory may include, but shall not be limited to food in bulk, clothing in bulk, cots, blankets, medical supplies, fuel, gasoline, oil and mass feeding equipment.

Immediately after attack, the State director acting for the commission may instruct any local director, not involved in the attack, to purchase, rent or requisition (take) in the name of the State within his own territory, emergency materials, supplies and equipment for:

Emergency materials, supplies and equipment purchased in the name of the State from a vendor shall be bought at prices not in excess of that vendor's prices effective in the territory of the local director immediately prior to attack.

Emergency purchase, rental and requisition in the name of the State under this Part shall be paid for by the State as hereinafter prescribed.

The taking or requisitioning of emergency material, supplies, equipment and facilities under subdivision 3 of section 25 of the Defense Emergency Act, shall be resorted to when for any reason purchase or rental becomes impracticable and payment or settlement of same shall be made in accordance with said subdivision.

The emergency materials, supplies, equipment and facilities acquired pursuant to this Part, shall be furnished free to all persons who are in need thereof, because of the attack, without regard to ability to pay, until a local director furnishing the same determines, with the approval of the State director, or the State director on his own initiative determines with respect to one or more types of materials, supplies, equipment or facilities:

During the acute emergency period immediately following an attack each local director concerned is hereby expressly authorized to rent or requisition for temporary periods in the name of the State, emergency lodging or other facilities within his own territory for homeless persons found in or brought into his territory as a result of attack. This shall include civil defense personnel already in his territory or brought into it because of attack. Such emergency lodging shall be provided in hotels, lodging houses, private homes and other private or public buildings.

Emergency lodging in hotels, boarding houses and other buildings used for emergency lodging including billets in private homes, shall be rented at not in excess of the prices established in a fair rent schedule by the local director and approved by the State commission.

When for any reason rental is impracticable, emergency lodging shall be requisitioned for a temporary period under subdivision 3 of section 25 of the Defense Emergency Act.

Emergency lodging shall be furnished free to all persons who are in need thereof as a result of attack without regard to ability to pay, until such time as the local director concerned determines, with the approval of the State director, or the State director on his own initiative determines that it is practicable to establish the financial status of such persons. Thereafter, in the territory under jurisdiction of such local director, local public welfare officials shall furnish lodging to financially needy persons only, as defense emergency aid, under section 25-a of the Defense Emergency Act.

The State director acting for the commission, shall have printed and distributed to local directors, State Civil Defense Commission form No. 1 in triplicate, “Order for Emergency Materials, Supplies, Facilities or Services”. This form shall be employed by local directors concerned in an attack either as a purchase order or requisition (taking) for all bulk or other emergency materials, supplies, equipment, facilities and lodging procured by them in the name of the State during the acute emergency period. Other local directors not involved in an attack shall similarly employ State Civil Defense Commission form No. 1 for emergency procurement pursuant to section 516.3 of this Part when instructed to make such procurement by the State director, acting for the commission.

The Division of Standards and Purchase shall examine each vendor's State CDC form No. 1 and invoice and upon finding them to be in order and the price satisfactory, shall promptly certify the same for payment to the vendor by the State Department of Audit and Control.

When it becomes necessary to requisition (take) under sections 506.6 and 506.10 of this Part, State CDC form No. 1 shall be made out in triplicate, as prescribed in section 506.13 of this Part, except that price shall be omitted.