The Alabama Emergency Management Agency (AEMA), formerly the Department of Civil Defense, was established by Section 4, Alabama Law 1955, Act No. 47, to administer the emergency management program for the State of Alabama. The act was amended in 1978, Acts 1978, No. 852, to provide for the making of grants to political subdivisions of the state; and on July 25, 1983, the act was amended to rename the Department of Civil Defense, formerly known as the "civil defense agency," as the "emergency management agency."
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Ala. Admin. Code r. 320-0-1-.01
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 31-9-1, et seq.