Ley Núm. 95 del año 1997

Para enmendar el segundo párrafo del Artículo 10; en la versión en inglés, enmendar el primer párrafo de la Sección 3, el segundo párrafo de la Sección 5, y la Sección 10 de la Ley Núm. 178 de 2 de septiembre de 1996, a fin de corregir errores técnicos.

La Ley Núm. 178 de 2 de septiembre de 1996, se creó para ratificar el "Acuerdo Interestatal de Asistencia para el Manejo de Emergencias y Desastres" (The Emergency Management Assistance Compact). Dicho Acuerdo es de vital importancia para Puerto Rico ya que somos una Isla propensa a sufrir daños causados por cualquier emergencia, desastre natural o causado por el hombre, entre otros. Además, las ayudas federales no están disponibles para toda clase de emergencia y el Acuerdo brinda la oportunidad de compartir los recursos con los otros estados cuando hay vidas en riesgo o cuando la Agencia Federal de Manejo de Emergencias (F.E.M.A.) no ha declarado un estado de emergencia.

Durante el trámite legislativo de la Ley Núm. 178, antes citada, se incurrió en varios errores técnicos, los cuales son necesarios corregir a fin de aclarar y evitar confusiones en la interpretación de dicha ley.

"Artículo 10.- Reembolso.-

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Cualesquiera dos o más estados parte podrán suscribir acuerdos suplementarios estableciendo una distribución diferente de los costos entre dichos estados. Las disposiciones establecidas en el Artículo  9 no serán de aplicación bajo esta disposición."

"Section 3.- GENERAL IMPLEMENTATION

Each party state entering into this compact recognizes many emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other emergencies under this compact. Each state further recognizes that there will be emergencies which require immediate access and present procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency. This is because few, if any, individual states have all the resources they may need in all types of emergencies or the capability of delivering resources to areas where emergencies exist.

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"Section 5.- LIMITATIONS

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Each party state shall afford to the emergency forces of any party state, while operating within its state limits under the terms and conditions of this compact, the same powers (except that of arrest unless specifically authorized by the receiving state), duties, rights, and privileges as are afforded forces of the state in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces will continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the state receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, only subsequent to a declaration of a state of emergency or disaster by the governor of the party state that is to receive assistance or commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and shall continue so long as the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the state of emergency or disaster remains in effect or loaned resources remain in the receiving state (s), whichever is longer."

"Section 10.- REIMBURSEMENT

Any party state rendering aid in another state pursuant to this compact shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving such aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment and the provision of any services in answering a request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with such requests; provide, that any aiding party state may assume in whole or in part such loss, damage, expense, or other cost, or may loan such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party state without charge, or cost; and provided further, that any two or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among those states Section 9 expenses shall not be reimbursable under this provisions."

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