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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 48-935

  • disaster: means the occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or manmade cause, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, epidemics, contagious or infectious disease, air contamination, blight, drought, infestation, explosion, riot, terrorism or hostile military or paramilitary action;

    (e) "unorganized militia" means all able-bodied male and female persons between the ages of 16 and 50 years;

    (f) "state disaster emergency plan" means the plan prepared and maintained by the division of emergency management pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 48-904

  • local and interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans: means all disaster emergency plans developed and promulgated by county, city and interjurisdictional disaster agencies pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 48-904
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

Any ordinance of any municipality authorizing the mayor or other persons to act during a state of disaster emergency proclaimed under Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 48-924 or during a state of local disaster emergency declared under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 48-932, shall be in full force and effect except for the provisions of such ordinance which are in conflict with any provision of this act or of the state disaster emergency plan or of the applicable local and interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans in which case such conflicting provisions of such ordinance shall be null and void for all purposes.