La. Admin. Code tit. 55 § XXI-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section XXI-103 - Goals and Objectives

A. The goals of these regulations are:

1. to protect citizens who cannot protect themselves when threatened or endangered by a weather event or disaster;

2. to reduce loss of life due to impediments to self-evacuation from a weather event or disaster;

3. to protect essential workers whose jobs require that they remain in harm's way before, during and after a weather event or disaster; and

4. to protect personal liberty while preserving law and order in areas evacuated due to the threat of a weather event or disaster.

B. The objectives of these regulations are:

1. to identify the population which lacks means to self-evacuate;

2. to identify and provide for the use of the nearest available transportation resources for use by local governments during mandatory evacuations;

3. to identify and provide means of protection for essential workers whose employment or commission requires that they remain in areas susceptible to damage and destruction wrought by weather events or disasters; and

4. to provide for establishment of rules by local government for citizens in high risk areas who refuse to leave when a mandatory evacuation is ordered.

La. Admin. Code tit. 55, § XXI-103

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, LR 33:646 (April 2007), LR 38:49 (January 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:587.