[20040402]RS21801_康涅狄格州应急管理和国土安全法定机构总结.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21801April 2, 2004Connecticut Emergency Management andHomeland Security Statutory AuthoritiesSummarizedKeith BeaSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionL. Cheryl Runyon and Kae M. WarnockConsultantsGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryConnecticuts primary emergency management statute is chapter 517, CivilPreparedness, which delegates powers to the governor, emergency management officeand local civil preparedness organizations, and provides for mutual aid agreements.Assistance and funding come primarily from federal aid with some aid to municipalitiescoming from a local emergency relief account within the states general fund.Connecticut is a member of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact and mayparticipate in interstate compacts for mutual military aid or reciprocal mutual aid.This report is one of a series that profiles the emergency management andhomeland security statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,American Samoa,