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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="14-405" title_number="14" title_name="Emergency Management" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Other Emergency Powers and Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If there is serious human suffering, death, personal injury, or property damage in a county because of a military or warlike catastrophe, the local governing body has the powers granted in this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The powers in this section may be exercised only during the effective period of an official proclamation by the Governor that declares all or part of the county to be in an actual or threatened emergency area.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The local governing body may borrow money or contract for materials or services on the faith and credit of the county.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>To pay for the money borrowed or the materials or services contracted for under subsection (b) of this section, the local governing body may issue bonds, notes, or other certificates of indebtedness on the faith and credit of the county to a person or governmental unit that lends the money or supplies the materials or services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The local governing body may set the terms, conditions, rate of interest, and provisions for repayment of the bonds, notes, or other certificates of indebtedness issued under this subsection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The local governing body may impose a special levy on taxable property in the county in an amount sufficient to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pay for the money borrowed or the materials and services contracted for under subsection (b) of this section; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>make all payments of principal and interest on the bonds, notes, or other certificates of indebtedness issued under subsection (c) of this section that are outstanding.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Money, materials, or services obtained under subsection (b) of this section may be secured, expended, or used in cooperation with other governmental units on a matching basis or otherwise as determined by the local governing body.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>Any legal restrictions or delaying procedures are waived and may be disregarded by the local governing body as to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the purchase, lease, or rental of materials and equipment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the securing and hiring of personal services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the face value of notes, bonds, or other certificates of indebtedness that may be issued and outstanding; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the rate of taxation that may be imposed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
