<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 14-66. - Authority.</div>
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               (a)
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               A state of emergency may be declared by the chairperson of the board of commissioners
               when he or she finds that an emergency exists. The proclamation shall be in writing.
               The chairperson shall take reasonable steps to give notice to the public of the terms
               of the proclamation. The chairperson shall send reports of the substance of the proclamation
               to the mass communications media which serve the affected area. The chairperson shall
               retain a text of the proclamation and provide copies upon request.
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               (b)
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               The proclamation declaring a state of emergency shall include a definition of the
               area constituting the emergency area. The emergency area of a state of emergency declared
               by a county shall not include any area within the corporate limits of any municipality,
               or within any area of the county over which a municipality has jurisdiction to enact
               general police-power ordinances, unless the municipality's governing body or mayor
               consents to or requests the state of emergency's application.
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               (Ord. No. 2013-10, 8-5-2013)
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