[20040401]RS21796_俄亥俄州应急管理和国土安全局总结.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21796April 1, 2004Ohio Emergency Management and HomelandSecurity Authorities SummarizedKeith Bea Specialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionL. Cheryl Runyon and Kae M. WarnockConsultantsGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryOhios primary emergency management statute, Chapter 55, authorizes the stateemergency management agency and countywide emergency management agencies toundertake specified activities and provides for mutual aid agreements, as well astemporary seats of government for state and local governments. Assistance and fundingcome primarily from appropriations, federal aid and certain tax exemptions. Ohiosemergency interim government code provides lines of succession for all levels ofgovernment.This report is one of a series that profiles emergency management and homelandsecurity statutory authorities of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Each profile identifies the moresignificant elements o