Authorization for and purpose for procurement
Compiled text through Aug 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
No later Register activity identified in this check.
Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Aug 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)During the acute emergency period immediately following attack each local director of civil defense is hereby expressly authorized to purchase, rent or requisition (take) within his own territory in the name of the State, for temporary or permanent use, the emergency materials, supplies, equipment and facilities he finds necessary:
(1)to provide for the injured, homeless or distressed persons found in or brought into his territory because of the attack;
(2)to provide for the effective maintenance and operation of the civil defense personnel under his orders, or who may be placed under his orders because of the attack.
(b)Such purchase, rental or requisition (taking) by a local director shall normally be in amounts required for not more than 48 hours after the attack unless the time be specifically extended by the State director acting for the commission. Should the time required to establish communication with the State director exceed 48 hours after the attack, said local director is hereby authorized to purchase, rent or requisition the added amounts necessary to cover the period beyond 48 hours until such communication is established.