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GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 53019-53023



53019.  It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State
of California that the control of fires and dangerous conditions
caused by great public calamities is a matter of statewide concern
and interest to all inhabitants and citizens.




53020.  As used in this article, "local agency" means public agency.



53021.  Services performed or expenditures made by a local agency
within or without its territorial limits are conclusively deemed for
the direct protection and benefit of its inhabitants and property if
made or performed for:
   (a) A national or local emergency created by military attack or
sabotage.
   (b) Providing adequate national or local defense.
   (c) A local emergency, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section
8558.
   (d) Before one local agency may respond to a request for material
fire protection or aid pursuant to this article the requesting agency
must have primary fire protection by an organized fire department
pursuant to law, and the request for aid must come from the chief or
other authorized agent of such requesting agency.
   Notwithstanding budget limitations and restrictions imposed by
law, except limitations imposed by the Constitution, all such
services performed or expenditures made are payable from any funds of
the public agency rendering the services or making the expenditure
upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of that
agency determining that the services were performed or the
expenditures were made in connection with such an emergency and
designating the fund or funds from which the obligation is to be
paid.


53022.  If such services are performed outside the local agency's
limits, they shall be ordered by the chief administrative officer of
the office or department performing them unless otherwise provided by
the legislative body of the local agency.



53023.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or any local
ordinance all the privileges and immunities from liability,
exemptions from laws and rules, all pension, relief, disability,
workmen's compensation, and other benefits, which apply to officers,
agents, or employees of the local agency when performing functions
within the local agency's limits apply to them to the same extent
while performing functions extraterritorially pursuant to this
article.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Gov > 53019-53023

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 53019-53023



53019.  It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State
of California that the control of fires and dangerous conditions
caused by great public calamities is a matter of statewide concern
and interest to all inhabitants and citizens.




53020.  As used in this article, "local agency" means public agency.



53021.  Services performed or expenditures made by a local agency
within or without its territorial limits are conclusively deemed for
the direct protection and benefit of its inhabitants and property if
made or performed for:
   (a) A national or local emergency created by military attack or
sabotage.
   (b) Providing adequate national or local defense.
   (c) A local emergency, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section
8558.
   (d) Before one local agency may respond to a request for material
fire protection or aid pursuant to this article the requesting agency
must have primary fire protection by an organized fire department
pursuant to law, and the request for aid must come from the chief or
other authorized agent of such requesting agency.
   Notwithstanding budget limitations and restrictions imposed by
law, except limitations imposed by the Constitution, all such
services performed or expenditures made are payable from any funds of
the public agency rendering the services or making the expenditure
upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of that
agency determining that the services were performed or the
expenditures were made in connection with such an emergency and
designating the fund or funds from which the obligation is to be
paid.


53022.  If such services are performed outside the local agency's
limits, they shall be ordered by the chief administrative officer of
the office or department performing them unless otherwise provided by
the legislative body of the local agency.



53023.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or any local
ordinance all the privileges and immunities from liability,
exemptions from laws and rules, all pension, relief, disability,
workmen's compensation, and other benefits, which apply to officers,
agents, or employees of the local agency when performing functions
within the local agency's limits apply to them to the same extent
while performing functions extraterritorially pursuant to this
article.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Gov > 53019-53023

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 53019-53023



53019.  It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State
of California that the control of fires and dangerous conditions
caused by great public calamities is a matter of statewide concern
and interest to all inhabitants and citizens.




53020.  As used in this article, "local agency" means public agency.



53021.  Services performed or expenditures made by a local agency
within or without its territorial limits are conclusively deemed for
the direct protection and benefit of its inhabitants and property if
made or performed for:
   (a) A national or local emergency created by military attack or
sabotage.
   (b) Providing adequate national or local defense.
   (c) A local emergency, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section
8558.
   (d) Before one local agency may respond to a request for material
fire protection or aid pursuant to this article the requesting agency
must have primary fire protection by an organized fire department
pursuant to law, and the request for aid must come from the chief or
other authorized agent of such requesting agency.
   Notwithstanding budget limitations and restrictions imposed by
law, except limitations imposed by the Constitution, all such
services performed or expenditures made are payable from any funds of
the public agency rendering the services or making the expenditure
upon the adoption of a resolution by the governing body of that
agency determining that the services were performed or the
expenditures were made in connection with such an emergency and
designating the fund or funds from which the obligation is to be
paid.


53022.  If such services are performed outside the local agency's
limits, they shall be ordered by the chief administrative officer of
the office or department performing them unless otherwise provided by
the legislative body of the local agency.



53023.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of law or any local
ordinance all the privileges and immunities from liability,
exemptions from laws and rules, all pension, relief, disability,
workmen's compensation, and other benefits, which apply to officers,
agents, or employees of the local agency when performing functions
within the local agency's limits apply to them to the same extent
while performing functions extraterritorially pursuant to this
article.