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CT Gen Stat § 28-12 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-12 - Loyalty oath. Roster of members.

 No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any civil preparedness organization established under this chapter who advocates a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States or of this state or the overthrow of any government in the United States by force or violence, or who has been convicted of or is under indictment or information charging any subversive act against the United States. Each person who is appointed to serve in an organization for civil preparedness shall, before entering upon his or her duties, and every two years thereafter, take an oath orally before a local civil preparedness officer or officers empowered by the commissioner to enlist volunteers, which oath shall be substantially as follows: “I, ...., do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Connecticut, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which I am about to enter.” Each local civil preparedness officer shall provide to the department a roster of sworn volunteer civil preparedness force members on or before the fifteenth of August each year.(June, 1951, S. 1916d; 1957, P.A. 380; 1959, P.A. 142; P.A. 73-544, S. 12; P.A. 79-61, S. 1, 2; P.A. 07-173, S. 4; P.A. 16-217, S. 1.)History: 1959 act removed reference to past activities with subversive organizations from bar to employment and from oath and revised oath; P.A. 73-544 substituted “civil preparedness” for “civil defense” throughout; P.A. 79-61 deleted from the loyalty oath all reference to present activities and affiliations having to do with subversive acts and advocacy thereof; P.A. 07-173 required that loyalty oath be administered annually, substituted “orally” for “verbally” re oath and “commissioner” for “director” re person who may empower officer to enlist volunteers, and required officers to submit roster of sworn volunteer members to department annually; P.A. 16-217 replaced “annually” with “every two years” re taking loyalty oath and made a technical change.
CT Gen Stat § 28-13 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-13 - Immunity from liability. Penalty for denial of access to property during civil preparedness emergency.

 (a) Neither the state nor any political subdivision of the state nor, except in cases of wilful misconduct, the agents or representatives of the state or any political subdivision thereof nor any member of the civil preparedness forces of the state nor any person authorized by such civil preparedness forces or by any member of such civil preparedness forces complying with or attempting to comply with this chapter or any order or regulation promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or pursuant to any ordinance relating to blackout or other precautionary measures enacted by any political subdivision of the state nor any person employed by or authorized to assist any agency of the federal government in the prevention or mitigation of any major disaster or emergency, shall be liable for the death of or injury to persons or for damage to property as a result of any such activity. The Attorney General shall appear for and defend the state, any political subdivision of the state and the agents or representatives of the state or any political subdivision thereof or any member of the civil preparedness forces of the state or any other person exempted from liability for his acts under this section in any civil action brought for the death of or injury to persons or for damage to property as a result of any civil preparedness activity.(b) Any person, corporation, partnership or association who denies access to property owned or under the control of such entity to any person acting in accordance with this chapter during a civil preparedness emergency shall be fined not less than fifty dollars or more than five hundred dollars.(June, 1951, S. 1917d; P.A. 73-544, S. 13; P.A. 79-417, S. 4; P.A. 07-217, S. 132.)History: P.A. 73-544 substituted “civil preparedness” for “civil defense” throughout; P.A. 79-417 extended exemption from liability and subsequent defense by attorney general to persons authorized by civil preparedness forces or any of its members to act within provisions of the chapter and to persons employed by or authorized to assist agency of federal government in cases of major disasters or emergencies and added new Subsec. (b) providing for fines for those who deny access to property for those acting in accordance with provisions of chapter; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective July 12, 2007.Section extends state's sovereign immunity, including both immunity from suit and liability, to political subdivisions and such immunity applies to activities discussed therein, including measures to be taken in preparation for, during, and following a major disaster or emergency. 333 C. 30.
CT Gen Stat § 28-14a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-14a - Compensation of volunteers with volunteer organizations that conduct homeland security drills. Compensation for injury, disability or death.

 (a) For the purposes of this section, “volunteer organization” means an organization that (1) provides first responder, rescue or emergency medical transportation services, or is a volunteer fire company that provides emergency medical or rescue services, as part of its duties, and (2) relies exclusively or primarily upon volunteers to provide such services.(b) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall compensate each volunteer with any volunteer organization that conducts a homeland security drill authorized by said department that exceeds twenty-four consecutive hours in length who participates in such drill and is otherwise employed, at the same rate as such volunteer is compensated in his or her employment in the public or private sector, provided the payment by said department shall be reduced by any amount of compensation such volunteer receives from his or her employer for such drill.(c) In the event any such volunteer is injured, disabled or dies in the course of any such drill, such volunteer shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of chapter 568 to the same extent that he or she would have been compensated for such injury, disability or death occurring in the course of his or her employment in the public or private sector.(P.A. 05-265, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 28-15 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-15 - Acceptance of federal or other assistance. Nondiscrimination.

 (a) Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof or any person, firm or corporation offers to the state, or through the state to any political subdivision thereof, services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds by way of gift, grant or loan, for purposes of civil preparedness or as assistance for the response or recovery activities of any civil preparedness force, the state, acting through the Governor, or such political subdivision, acting through its chief executive officer, may accept such offer. Upon such acceptance, the Governor of the state or executive officer of such political subdivision may authorize any officer of the state or of the political subdivision, as the case may be, to receive such services, equipment, supplies, materials or funds on behalf of the state or such political subdivision and subject to the terms of the offer and the rules and regulations, if any, of the agency making the offer.(b) No person shall discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, ancestry or economic status in carrying out any provision of this chapter or any federal major disaster or emergency assistance function in this state.(June, 1951, S. 1919d; P.A. 73-544, S. 15; P.A. 79-417, S. 5; P.A. 11-55, S. 14.)History: P.A. 73-544 substituted “civil preparedness” for “civil defense” where appearing; P.A. 79-417 added to the offers for purposes of civil preparedness that may be accepted by governor “or as assistance for the response or recovery activities ...” and added as new Subsec. (b) ban against discrimination; P.A. 11-55 amended Subsec. (b) to prohibit discrimination on basis of gender identity or expression.
CT Gen Stat § 28-16 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-16 - Stockpile of supplies.

 The commissioner is empowered, in anticipation of war, attack, sabotage or other hostile action or any disaster, to purchase and maintain a stockpile of medical supplies, blankets, food and provisions, fuel, equipment and any other supplies which in his opinion are necessary and desirable to afford relief and assistance to the people of the state in an emergency.(June, 1951, S. 1921d; November, 1955, S. N184; P.A. 75-643, S. 3; P.A. 04-219, S. 20.)History: P.A. 75-643 substituted “any” for “natural” before “disaster”; P.A. 04-219 substituted commissioner for director, effective January 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 28-17 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-17 - Employees not to be discharged for civil preparedness activity or eligibility for induction.

 No employee shall be discharged because he is a member of any organization engaged in civil preparedness or because he is eligible for induction into the armed forces of the United States.(June, 1951, S. 1922d; P.A. 73-544, S. 16.)History: P.A. 73-544 substituted “civil preparedness” for “civil defense”.
CT Gen Stat § 28-18 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-18 - Execution of orders and regulations.

 All civil preparedness forces established pursuant to this chapter and the officers thereof shall execute such orders and regulations as are made under the authority of this chapter. Each civil preparedness organization shall have available for inspection at its office all such orders and regulations.(June, 1951, S. 1923d; P.A. 73-544, S. 17.)History: P.A. 73-544 substituted “civil preparedness” for “civil defense” where appearing.
CT Gen Stat § 28-19 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-19 - Appointees to be fingerprinted.

 Section 28-19 is repealed.(1953, S. 1924d; 1959, P.A. 134.)
CT Gen Stat § 28-20 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-20 - Agreements for storage of federally-owned property.

 The commissioner and the director of any local civil preparedness organization may make agreements with the federal government or any agency or officer thereof to provide storage space on state or local premises, as the case may be, for federally-owned supplies and equipment to be used for civil preparedness purposes, provided such space shall be available without additional cost to the state and provided the commissioner or such director may revoke any such agreement upon thirty days' notice if such space is required for state or local use.(1953, S. 1925d; P.A. 73-544, S. 18; P.A. 90-230, S. 41, 101; P.A. 04-219, S. 21.)History: P.A. 73-544 substituted “civil preparedness” for “civil defense” where appearing; P.A. 90-230 and editorial change corrected reference to director of emergency management; P.A. 04-219 substituted commissioner for state director of emergency management and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2005.
CT Gen Stat § 28-21 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-21 - Use of premises as shelter.

 Any person owning or controlling real estate or other premises, together with his successors in interest, if any, who voluntarily and without compensation grants to the state or any municipality a license or privilege, or otherwise permits the designation or use of the whole or any part of such real estate or premises, for the purpose of sheltering persons during an actual, impending, mock or practice attack or other disaster shall not be civilly liable for negligently causing the death of, or injury to, any person using such real estate or premises for the purpose of shelter during such an attack, or for loss of, or damage to, the property of such person.(1953, S. 1926d; P.A. 75-643, S. 4.)History: P.A. 75-643 added “or other disaster” to application of section.
CT Gen Stat § 28-22 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 517 - Civil Preparedness, Emergency Management and Homeland Security|Section 28-22 - Penalty.

 Any person who, wilfully and without lawful authority, destroys or injures any device, wires or equipment used or maintained for transmitting or signalling an air raid warning or alarm or makes connection with or in any way tampers or interferes with the same, or any person who reports, transmits or circulates, or causes to be reported, transmitted or circulated, a false alarm or warning of an air raid or of any enemy action, knowing that the same is false, or any person who unlawfully poses as or impersonates a police officer, air raid warden or other person engaged in civilian preparedness emergency service, or who unlawfully and in violation of federal or state regulations manufactures, sells, offers for sale, wears or uses the uniform, insignia or identification, or any simulation thereof, of any such police officer, warden or other person so engaged, or who wilfully impedes, interferes with or otherwise obstructs any lawful civil preparedness activity or other preparedness function of the national or state government or of the government of any political subdivision of the state, or who violates any provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a class D felony.(June, 1951, S. 1920d; P.A. 73-544, S. 19; P.A. 13-258, S. 93.)History: P.A. 73-544 substituted “civil preparedness” for “civil defense” throughout; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty from fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 5 years to a class D felony.
CT Gen Stat § 28-23 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 518 - (Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact) Emergency Management Assistance Compact|Section 28-23 - Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact.

 Section 28-23 is repealed, effective October 1, 2000.(1951, S. 1928d; P.A. 75-311; P.A. 00-32, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 28-25a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 518a - Emergency Telecommunications|Section 28-25a - Responsibilities of telephone companies and municipalities.

 (a)(1) In order to establish the state-wide enhanced 9-1-1 service, every telephone company providing service within the state shall provide, not later than December 31, 1989, selective routing, automatic number identification and automatic location identification in compliance with a time schedule approved by the division.(2) In order to establish the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system, every telephone company providing service within the state shall provide selective routing, automatic number identification and automatic location identification, and may provide the latitude and longitude of any telephone or device used to place a 9-1-1 call, in compliance with a time schedule approved by the division.(b) Each municipality shall, not later than December 31, 1989, establish and operate a public safety answering point which utilizes enhanced 9-1-1 network features.(c) No provision of section 28-25, this section and sections 28-25b, 28-26, 28-27, 28-27a, 28-28, 28-28a, 28-28b, 28-29, 28-29a and 28-29b shall be construed to prohibit or discourage in any manner the formation of multiagency, multijurisdictional or regional public safety answering points. Any public safety answering point established pursuant to said sections may serve the jurisdiction of more than one public agency or a segment of the jurisdiction of a municipality.(P.A. 84-416, S. 2, 15; P.A. 90-230, S. 43, 101; P.A. 93-206, S. 7, 16; P.A. 16-150, S. 3.)History: P.A. 90-230 deleted internal references in Subsec. (c); P.A. 93-206 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute “office” for “bureau”, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 16-150 amended Subsec. (a) by designating existing provision re enhanced 9-1-1 service as Subdiv. (1), deleting “features as a tariffed service” and replacing “office” with “division” therein, and adding Subdiv. (2) re next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system.Cited. 223 C. 731.
CT Gen Stat § 28-26 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 518a - Emergency Telecommunications|Section 28-26 - Conversion of coin telephones for provision of enhanced 9-1-1 service.

 As enhanced 9-1-1 service becomes available, each telephone company shall convert, in accordance with an electronic switching systems modernization schedule submitted to and approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, each coin telephone within areas served by such enhanced 9-1-1 service to dial tone first capability, which shall allow a caller to dial 9-1-1 without first inserting a coin or paying any other charge. Each telephone company shall prominently display instructions on how to access the enhanced 9-1-1 system on those coin telephones which have been converted to dial tone first capability.(P.A. 84-416, S. 4, 15; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.Cited. 223 C. 731.
CT Gen Stat § 28-27a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 518a - Emergency Telecommunications|Section 28-27a - Municipalities and public safety answering points to submit 9-1-1 service utilization plan.

 (a) Any municipality proposing the creation of a public safety answering point or any public safety answering point proposing any change to the operation, location, jurisdiction or utilized public safety agencies of such public safety answering point shall submit a proposed 9-1-1 service utilization plan to the division for its review and approval prior to implementation. The division shall review each proposed plan to determine if it meets the requirements of sections 28-25, 28-25a, 28-25b, 28-26, 28-27, 28-28, 28-28a, 28-28b, 28-29, 28-29a and 28-29b and the technical and operational standards established pursuant to section 28-27.(b) On or before January 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, each public safety answering point shall certify to the division, in such manner and form as prescribed by the division, that the information contained in the 9-1-1 service utilization plan is accurate.(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in consultation with the commission, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning the content of a 9-1-1 service utilization plan.(P.A. 84-416, S. 6, 15; P.A. 90-230, S. 45, 101; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12, S. 6, 10; P.A. 93-206, S. 10, 16; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; P.A. 16-150, S. 6.)History: P.A. 90-230 deleted internal references in Subsec. (a); May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-12 amended Subsec. (b) to require public safety commissioner to adopt regulations, in consultation with commission, in lieu of bureau, subject to review and approval of commission; P.A. 93-206 substituted “office” for “bureau”, effective July 1, 1993; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-150 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re public safety answering point, replacing “office” with “division” and deleting provision re filing municipal plan with telephone company, amended Subsec. (b) by deleting provision re submitting plan on or before December 31, 1986, and adding provision re annual certification, redesignated existing provision in Subsec. (b) re regulations as Subsec. (c) and amended same by replacing “final” with “9-1-1 service utilization”, and made conforming changes.Cited. 223 C. 731.
CT Gen Stat § 28-28 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 518a - Emergency Telecommunications|Section 28-28 - Emergency service requests from outside of jurisdiction. Advertisement of emergency telephone numbers other than 9-1-1 prohibited.

 (a) A public safety agency which receives a request for emergency service outside of its jurisdiction shall promptly forward the request to the public safety answering point or public safety agency responsible for that geographical area. Any emergency unit dispatched to a location outside its jurisdiction in response to such a request shall render service to the requesting party until relieved by the public safety agency responsible for that geographical area.(b) Municipalities may enter into written cooperative agreements to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.(c) No public safety agency shall advertise or otherwise promote the use of any telephone number for emergency response services other than “9-1-1”, except when enhanced 9-1-1 service or the next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system is not in operation.(P.A. 84-416, S. 7, 15; P.A. 89-118, S. 2; P.A. 16-150, S. 7.)History: P.A. 89-118 added a new Subsec. (c), prohibiting public safety agencies from advertising or promoting use of any emergency telephone number other than 9-1-1; P.A. 16-150 amended Subsec. (c) by adding reference to next generation 9-1-1 telecommunication system.Cited. 223 C. 731.
CT Gen Stat § 28-28b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 28 - Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services|Chapter 518a - Emergency Telecommunications|Section 28-28b - Municipal responsibilities.

 Each municipality shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of any public service answering point terminal equipment jointly or separately provided to it by the state.(P.A. 84-416, S. 10, 15.)