Stanislaus County Municipal Code Ch. 9.24 Local Emergencies

The board of supervisors finds:

A. A local emergency has been defined by state law as meaning the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the territorial limits of a county caused by such conditions as sudden and severe energy shortage, which conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control of that political subdivision and require the combined forces of other political subdivisions to combat;

B. Energy emergencies may occur in the state due to the fact that reserve generating capacity for this part of the state is anticipated to be at a hazardously low level;

C. The state law provides that a local emergency may be proclaimed only by the governing body of a county or by an official so designated by ordinance adopted by such governing body;

D. The Modesto irrigation district has requested this board of supervisors to designate the president and the vice president of the board of directors of the Modesto irrigation district and the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county as officials who may proclaim a local emergency on the limited basis of a sudden and severe shortage.

(Prior code §3-58(a); Ord. 942 §1(part), 1980)

The president and vice president of the board of directors of the Modesto irrigation district and the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county are designated as officials who may proclaim a local emergency on the basis of a sudden and severe energy shortage.

(Prior code §3-58(b); Ord. 942 §1(part), 1980)