1-12-2. Definitions.

(1) "Absent" means not being physically present at the place of governance during a disaster or not able to be communicated with via telephone, radio, or telecommunications within thirty minutes of an official attempt to communicate with the local government officer.

(2) "Attack" means a nuclear, conventional, biological, or chemical warfare action against the United States of America or this state.

(3) "Available" means being present at the place of governance during a disaster or able to be communicated with via telephone, radio, or telecommunications device.

(4) "Disaster" means a situation causing, or threatening to cause, widespread damage, social disruption, or injury or loss of life or property resulting from attack, internal disturbance, natural phenomena or technological hazard.

(5) "Emergency interim successor" means a person designated by this chapter to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office when the person legally exercising the powers and duties of a County office is unavailable.

(6) "Internal disturbance" means a riot, prison break, disruptive terrorism or strike.

(7) "Local emergency" means a condition in any political subdivision of the state which requires that emergency assistance be provided by the affected political subdivision to save lives and protect property within its jurisdiction in response to a disaster, or to avoid or reduce the threat of a disaster.

(8) "Local government officer" means all county elected officers that are required to designate three emergency interim successors.

(9) "Natural phenomena" means any earthquake, tornado, storm, flood, landslide, avalanche, forest or range fire, drought, or epidemic.

(10) "Official attempt to communicate" means any attempt by the sheriff's office, the county emergency management department or county elected officers to contact a local government officer during a disaster or local emergency.

(11) "Place of governance" means the physical location where the powers of an office are being exercised.

(12) "Technological hazard" means any hazardous materials accident, mine accident, train derailment, truck wreck, air crash, radiation incident, pollution, structural fire or explosion.

(13) "Unavailable" means not being physically present at the place of governance during a disaster or not able to be communicated with via telephone, radio, or telecommunications within thirty minutes of an official attempt to communicate with local government officer. (Ord. 95-19, 9/12/95; Ord. 92-6, 10/20/92)