(5) Local or interjurisdictional civil defense directors or coordinators, or their assistants
or deputies, who are required by sections 81-829.36 to 81-829.68 or rules and regulations
of the Governor to devote full time to their duties shall be qualified in accord with criteria
established for the state by the Governor and announced by him in a rule or regulation.
Such directors or coordinators shall be paid for their services in an amount comparable to
other officers of local governments. A minimum annual salary for such local or interjuris-
dictional civil defense director or coordinator shall be based on the combined population
of the jurisdictions served, as follows: Having a population of less than three thousand,
five thousand five hundred dollars; having a population of three thousand but less than
nine thousand, six thousand dollars; having a population of nine thousand but less than
sixteen thousand, six thousand five hundred dollars; having a population of sixteen
thousand but less than twenty thousand, seven thousand five hundred dollars; having a
population of twenty thousand but less than sixty thousand, eight thousand dollars; and
having a population of sixty thousand or more, comparable to other officer of local
governments as determined by the governing body or bodies.
(6) Each political subdivision, except those directly managing a local or interjurisdic-
tional civil defense agency, shall have a liaison officer designated to facilitate the coop-
eration and protection of that subdivision in the work of disaster prevention, prepared-
ness, response and recovery.
(7) The principal executive officer of each political subdivision of the state shall notify
the state Civil Defense Agency of the manner in which the subdivision is providing or
securing civil defense and disaster services, identify the person who heads the agency
from which the service is obtained, and furnish such additional information relating
thereto as the state agency requires.
(8) Each local and interjurisdictional civil defense agency shall prepare and keep
current a local or interjurisdictional disaster and civil defense plan for its jurisdiction.
Such plans shall be in conformance with the requirements established in section 81-
829.41.
(9) Each local or interjurisdictional civil defense agency shall prepare, keep current,
and distribute to all appropriate officials in written form a clear and complete statement
of the disaster responsibilities of all local agencies and officials and of the disaster chain of
command.
Source: Laws 1951, c. 315, sec. 7, p. 1079; Laws 1963, c. 516, sec. 1, p. l632;
R.R.S.1943, sec. 81-829.18; Laws 1973, LB 494, sec. 11.
81-829.47. Interjurisdictional arrangement;
Governor; findings.
(1) If the Governor finds that two or more adjoining counties would be better served by
an interjurisdictional arrangement than by maintaining separate disaster and civil de-
fense agencies and services, he may delineate by order or regulation an interjurisdictional
area adequate to plan for, prevent, or respond to disaster in that area and direct steps to be
taken as are necessary, including the creation of an interjurisdictional relationship, a joint
disaster emergency plan, mutual aid, or an area organization for disaster planning and
services. A finding of the Governor pursuant to this subsection shall be based on one or
more factors related to the difficulty of maintaining an efficient and effective disaster
prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery system without such interjurisdictional
arrangement, such as:
(a) Small or sparse population;
(b) Limitations on public financial resources severe enough to make maintenance of a
separate disaster agency and services unreasonably burdensome;
(c) Unusual vulnerability to disaster as evidenced by a past history of disasters, topo-
graphical features, drainage characteristics, disaster potential, and presence of disaster-
prone facilities or operations;
(d) The interrelated character of the counties in a multi-county area; or
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