{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-26.23.500","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 26.23.500","heading":"Alaska intrastate mutual aid system established.","body":"(a) The Alaska intrastate mutual aid system is established to provide for mutual assistance among participating political subdivisions of the state in preparing for and responding to a disaster. Except as provided in (b) of this section, all political subdivisions of the state shall participate in the system.\n(b) A political subdivision may withdraw from participation in the Alaska intrastate mutual aid system established in (a) of this section. To withdraw, the governing board of a political subdivision shall adopt a resolution declaring that the political subdivision elects not to participate in the system and provide a copy of the resolution to the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management. A political subdivision that withdraws may later elect to participate by adopting a resolution declaring the election of the political subdivision to participate and by delivering a copy of the resolution to the Alaska division of homeland security and emergency management.\n(c) The provisions in AS 26.23.500 — 26.23.549 may not be construed to affect other mutual aid systems or agreements authorized elsewhere by law, do not prohibit a participating political subdivision from entering into other agreements with another political subdivision, including agreements entered into under AS 26.23.070 — 26.23.077, 26.23.180, AS 46.04.200, or 46.04.210, and do not affect any other agreement to which a political subdivision may be a party now or in the future.\n(d) The provisions of AS 26.23.500 — 26.23.549 may not be interpreted to preclude the eligibility of a political subdivision for state or federal disaster funding or disaster readiness funding.","path":["Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace.","Chapter 23. Disasters.","Article 3. Alaska Intrastate Mutual Aid System."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#26.23.500","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:18:01Z","sha256":"bc17a21608fc50ae6b7795a4caf8c812e7cca6f93abf8d91bc2e16bf0488cc5f","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-26.23.400","next":"us-ak/as-26.23.510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}