Video & Transcript Research : 'emergency declaration'
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NV
Nevada 2025 Regular Session
Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor May 31st, 2025 at 09:00 am
Commerce and Labor
Transcript Highlights:
- , declaration of disaster, or public health emergency.
- That public health emergency lasted three years.
- Moreover, the prohibition on certain collection activities applies if a state of emergency, declaration
- of disaster, or public health emergency has been declared in the patient's county of residence.
- , a declaration of disaster, or public health emergency has been declared in the patient's home county
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 13th, 2026 at 05:50 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I declare the bill effective July 1st, 2026.
- I declare the bill passed. Clerk, communicate that... I declare the bill passed.
- I declare the bill passed.
- I declare the bill passed.
- I declare the bill passed.
Summary:
The Senate considered a series of House amendments and effective-date changes on several bills and largely concurred with the House changes. SB 4, relating to crimes against public justice, was amended to restore a cleaner definition of harassment and then passed 31-2. SB 59, on voter eligibility and residency requirements, was concurred in and passed 33-0, with an effective date of January 1, 2027. SB 104, concerning state mine inspectors, had its effective date set to July 1, 2026 by a 33-0 vote, and SB 200, increasing penalties for assault on public service workers, law enforcement officers, and police animals, was concurred in and passed 33-0. SB 481, relating to elections, was made effective from passage by a 33-0 vote, and SB 531, the First Amendment Preservation Act, was amended to add entities associated with foreign adversaries and passed 31-2, with an effective date of July 1, 2026.
The chamber also concurred in House amendments to SB 641 on above-ground storage tanks, narrowing the bill to brine water storage and reducing tank capacity thresholds; it passed 25-8. SB 645, prohibiting surprise billing for ground emergency medical services, was amended to reflect a lower reimbursement rate and removal of some balance-billing language, then passed 29-4. SB 800, clarifying jury service policy to allow some people with expunged or pardoned convictions to serve, passed 31-2. SB 878, creating the Office of Entrepreneurship within the Secretary of State’s office, was concurred in, passed 30-4, and made effective July 1, 2026 by a 34-0 vote.
Later, the Rules Committee reported House Bill 5381, a measure to develop a comprehensive energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy, recommending it do pass. The Senate advanced the bill to third reading with the right to amend. The session then moved to remarks and adjourned until the next day at 11 a.m., with the Rules Committee scheduled to meet at 10:45 a.m.
NM
Transcript Highlights:
- There's no emergency. Nobody's lost Medicaid today. Or will they before January?
- an emergency.
- an emergency.
- an emergency.
- Providing for taking newborn children into temporary Circumstances, declaring an emergency.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 13th, 2026 at 05:50 pm
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I declare the bill effective July 1st, 2026.
- I declare the bill effective from passage.
- I declare the bill effective July 1st, 2026.
- I declare the bill effective July 1st, 2026.
- I declare the Senate adjourned. The ayes do have it. I declare the Senate adjourned.
Summary:
The Senate took up a series of House amendments and concurrence motions on several bills. Senate Bill 4 on crimes against public justice was amended to restore a cleaner definition of harassment and then passed 31-2. Senate Bill 59 on voter eligibility and residency requirements was amended with clarifying language on challenges to voter residency, passed 33-0, and made effective January 1, 2027. Senate Bill 104, providing raises for certain state mine inspectors, concurred in a House effective-date change and was made effective July 1, 2026. Senate Bill 200, increasing penalties and fines for assault on certain public service workers, law enforcement officers, and police animals, concurred in a technical House amendment and passed 33-0. Senate Bill 481 on elections concurred in a House effective-date change and was made effective from passage. Senate Bill 531, the First Amendment Preservation Act, was amended to add entities associated with foreign adversaries, passed 31-2, and was made effective July 1, 2026.
The Senate also concurred in House amendments to Senate Bill 641 on above-ground storage tanks, which narrowed the bill by reducing the tank threshold and limiting covered fluids to brine water; it passed 25-8. Senate Bill 645 on surprise billing for ground emergency medical services was amended to reduce the rate from 400% to the current CMS rate of 200% and remove some balance-billing prohibitions; it passed 29-4. Senate Bill 800 on jury service policy was amended to allow certain people with expunged or pardoned convictions to serve on juries and passed 31-2. Senate Bill 878 creating an Office of Entrepreneurship within the Secretary of State’s office had House amendments removing redundant language and increasing flexibility; it passed 30-4 and was made effective July 1, 2026.
The chamber also received a Rules Committee report recommending passage of Engrossed Committee Substitute for House Bill 5381, which concerns developing a comprehensive state energy development policy and plan for the Office of Energy. The bill was advanced to third reading with the right to amend. The Senate then moved through announcements and adjourned until the next day at 11 a.m.
WV
West Virginia 2026 Regular Session
Senate in Session Mar 11th, 2026 at 11:25 am
West Virginia Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- I declare the motion adopted.
- I declare the title amendment adopted.
- I declare the title amendment adopted.
- I declare the title amendment adopted.
- I declare the bill passed. voting.
Summary:
The Senate convened with prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance, approved the journal, and spent much of the day recognizing pages, guests, school groups, and civic organizations visiting the chamber. Several communications from the House and committee reports were received, and a petition on support for new electric transmission lines was referred to the Committee on Energy, Industry, and Mining. Senate Resolution 61, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Obergefell, was referred to the Committee on Rules, while other resolutions and bills were held over or referred as required.
The chamber then acted on a large number of measures, including concurrence in House amendments to Senate Bill 137 on parole eligibility for second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, and a conference committee was appointed on House Bill 4026 regarding integrated resource plans. Numerous House bills were advanced or passed after committee reports, covering topics such as industrial access roads, local airport hangar financing, college campus safety, youth and handicapped hunting, missing persons records, driver’s licenses, adjudicatory alternative dispositions, chronic absenteeism, party-switching deadlines for candidates, teacher/school personnel/state police pay raises, election official trainees, political committee filing notices, security personnel for the State Treasurer, post-secondary financial aid, legal practice rules, overseas voting, public officials’ residential information, homestead exemption, military juvenile jurisdiction, military interpersonal violence, kinship care subsidies, statewide prevention planning, contraband smuggling into federal prisons, forestry equipment taxation, microgrid and data center certification, transcript acceptance for students, emeritus medical licenses, higher education rule authorizations, board and commission reforms, managed care organization taxes, and deputy sheriff vacation carryover. Most of these measures passed with little or no opposition, and several received title amendments.
The Senate also passed a series of supplemental appropriations, many with immediate-effect motions adopted by the required two-thirds vote. These included funding for the Department of Commerce, Workforce West Virginia, Homeland Security divisions, Health Facilities, Administration, Human Services, the Governor’s Civil Contingent Fund, the Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Senior Services. Votes were overwhelmingly in favor, with only a few measures drawing one or more dissenting votes. One bill on tourism appropriations was referred to the Committee on Rules, and several second-reading bills were advanced, including measures on the West Virginia Collaboratory, business-ready sites, volunteer fire companies, religious organization eminent domain restrictions, electric load forecasting, and funeral service licensure.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
US House Floor Proceedings (Tuesday, May 12, 2026)
US Federal House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- national emergency unless within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of his declaration, the president
- national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of his declaration, the president
- Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive
- Section 202D of the National Emergency Section 202D of the National Emergency Act<02:11:42.239>
50 - > Order emergency declared in Executive Order emergency declared in Executive Order 13873<02:13:05.920
TX
Texas 89th Regular
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education Apr 3rd, 2025
S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, just so I know the terminology, we have bilingual, ESL, and emergent bilingual.
- There are very similar terms, including emergent bilingual students.
- It really ensures that emergent bilingual students, as emergent bilinguals, get the seats at those available
- So then, all those kids are labeled with that emergent bilingual label, okay?
- The Jerusalem Declaration on Anti-Semitism is a helpful guide.
Keywords:
bullying, antisemitism, school policies, school discipline, education, education policy, Texas Education Code, hate speech, student rights, civics education, high school curriculum, government, voting process, elected officials, Texas Seal of Biliteracy, biliteracy, bilingual education, multilingual, language proficiency, high school diploma
FL
Florida 2026 Regular Session
FL House Floor Session - 2026-03-13 (10:00AM Session)
Florida House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- For natural emergencies, it requires that upon renewal of the emergency after 60 days, use of these funds
- It's my understanding that federal reimbursements must be used for federal-declared emergencies.
- Federal reimbursements must be used for federal-declared emergencies. Senator Pizzo. Thank you.
- state of emergency?
- being a standing emergency no longer.
Summary:
The Senate convened with opening prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and several member introductions of guests and staff. The chamber then took up returning messages from the House and acted on several bills, including transportation facility designations (SB 628), affordable housing/Live Local Act changes (HB 1389), utility services (HB 1451), education (HB 1279 substituted for SB 7038), data centers (SB 484), and land use/development regulations (SB 208/HB 399). Several other measures were temporarily postponed, including education, emergency services, and environmental rule ratification bills.
On SB 628, the Senate concurred in the House amendment and passed the bill 31-4. On the affordable housing bill, senators discussed the fourth iteration of the Live Local Act, including a new provision allowing certain affordable housing on religious institution property, removal of accessory dwelling unit language, and changes to tax exemption and expiration provisions; the Senate concurred in the House amendment and passed the bill 35-0. On the utility services bill, the House amendment shortened the surcharge phase-out timeline and advanced reporting dates; the Senate concurred and passed the bill 30-6. The education package was substituted with the House companion, amended to include agreed-upon provisions on student health and safety, early learning, math, virtual instruction, career and technical education, school choice, accountability, tuition protections, and financial aid, and passed 36-1.
The data centers bill drew extensive debate over transparency and ratepayer protections. Senators questioned the removal of the Senate’s nondisclosure agreement prohibition, the 12-month confidentiality period, and whether costs could be shifted to residential and commercial customers. Supporters said the amendment strengthened ratepayer protections and maintained local land-use authority, while critics objected to the loss of transparency and the possibility of local NDAs. After debate, the Senate concurred in the House amendment and passed the bill 31-6.
The land use and development bill generated the most contentious discussion. Amendments addressed a Fontainebleau/Miami Beach resort water park issue, a sunset provision, and a major rural boundary/property rights proposal affecting counties such as Orange and Seminole. Senators debated whether the rural boundary language protected property rights or undermined local planning and environmental safeguards, with concerns raised about takings, county liability, and the use of an Attorney General opinion. The transcript cuts off during extended debate on that amendment, so no final vote on the land use bill is shown in the excerpt.
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 15 (1-28-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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- an emergency.
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that the nation. a statewide declaration that the nation. a statewide declaration that food<
Summary:
The Senate convened with an invocation and Pledge of Allegiance, then established a quorum and approved the journal. The House clerk communicated that the House had passed House Bills 34 and 306 and requested concurrence. The State and Local Government Committee reported Senate Bills 20 and 68 favorably, and several new bills and resolutions were introduced, including measures on Kentucky-grown agricultural procurement, an endowed research fund, unemployment insurance, postsecondary education, wrongful conviction compensation, massage therapy, local fiscal reporting, and a resolution honoring John and Debbie Rogers.
The main floor action was on Senate Joint Resolution 23, as amended by Senate Committee Substitute 1, declaring Kentucky a “food is medicine” state and directing state agencies to advance food-as-medicine initiatives. The sponsor described the resolution as a statewide framework to connect nutrition, health care, agriculture, and local food systems, emphasizing partnerships with the Kentucky Hospital Association and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, better health outcomes, and support for Kentucky farmers and rural communities. Senators from Taylor and Callaway spoke in support, citing local examples and the goal of building Kentucky-based solutions rather than importing them. The committee substitute was adopted by voice vote, and the resolution then passed 35-0.
The Senate also adopted Senate Resolution 56 honoring Elder Nathan Craig and Sister Amy Craig, and Senate Resolution 33 honoring Robert E. “Bob” Pernell, Sr. Senate Resolution 22, honoring Brian J. Hat, was likewise adopted. After the day’s business, the Senate recessed for meetings of the Rules Committee and the Committee on Committees. Later, the Committee on Committees referred Senate Bills 1-4 to Education, Senate Bill 48 to Judiciary, and Senate Bills 84 and 102 to Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection. Several members made announcements about upcoming committee meetings and events, including the VMAP committee, Judiciary, the Kentucky Japan Caucus, the Kentucky Israel Caucus, and an American Cancer Society action day.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- And trips to the emergency room each year and some 50 deaths. Well, I'm not a doctor.
- This bill actually has to jeopardize public safety in emergencies if there are new and delayed reallocations
Bills:
SB 3, SB 16, SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 54, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB192, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB48, HB149, HB192, HB254, HB17, SB54, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB3, SB16, SB2, SB5, SB10
Keywords:
flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud
TX
Bills:
SB 3, SB 16, SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 54, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB192, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB48, HB149, HB192, HB254, HB17, SB54, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB3, SB16, SB2, SB5, SB10
Keywords:
flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud
TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Verdell, in memory of the victims of the July Hill Country Floods; HCR 3, Craddock. of Children's Emergency
Bills:
SB 3, SB 16, SB 2, SB 5, SB 10, HB17, SB 54, SB 9, SB 7, SB 17, SB 4, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB192, HB8, HB25, HB26, HB48, HB149, HB192, HB254, HB17, SB54, SB9, SB7, SB17, SB4, SB3, SB16, SB2, SB5, SB10
Keywords:
flash flood, flood warning, outdoor warning siren, emergency alert, disaster preparedness, flood mitigation, Hill Country floods, Texas Water Development Board, municipalities, counties, local government mandate, public safety, grant program, backup power, weather siren, emergency management, flood-prone area, warning system, real property theft, real property fraud
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
February 5, 2025 - 03:00 PM
Transcript Highlights:
- Florida's Division of Emergency Management Preparedness Bureau, Florida's Division of Emergency Management
- As part of the governor's emergency declaration and the emergency authorities that come with that, we're
- able to... ...of the governor's emergency declaration and the emergency authorities that come with that
- So as soon as an emergency is declared, we set up a financial team.
- reimburse emergency repairs with.
Summary:
The Natural Resources and Disaster Subcommittee met to continue its review of hurricane impacts and state response. The committee first heard from the Florida Division of Emergency Management, which described its four core functions—preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation—and highlighted its 24/7 State Watch Office, regional training efforts, and disaster assistance work. Deputy Executive Director Keith Pruitt detailed the state’s 2024 storm response, including Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton, citing large-scale mission support, flood-control deployments, meal and water distribution, power restoration, debris removal, and billions in disaster funding and mitigation dollars. He also discussed debris management challenges and recommended that local governments update and exercise debris plans and maintain contingency contracts.
FL
Florida 2026 5th Special Session
Fiscal Policy Feb 18th, 2026
Transcript Highlights:
- Staff made a great recommendation in the first stop for the legislature to find and declare that this
- By standing with dispatchers, you are not only strengthening emergency response services.
- Senate Bill 86 declares And sadly, there are many more cases.
- Senate Bill 86 declares that the operation of a commercial vehicle by an unauthorized alien is an imminent
- Senate Bill 86 declared And sadly, there are many more cases.
Summary:
The Fiscal Policy Committee met and first adopted a late-filed amendment to SB 774, which expands enhanced workers’ compensation coverage to 911 public safety telecommunicators for mental or nervous injuries. The bill drew supportive testimony from a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office dispatcher and others, and was reported favorably. The committee also reported favorably SB 770 on forensic services for certain defendants, which would allow the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to consolidate secure forensic services for individuals with intellectual disabilities or autism whose charges were dismissed after incompetency findings.
Members then considered several public safety, family, and workforce bills. CS/SB 86, which declares unauthorized aliens operating commercial vehicles an imminent safety hazard and imposes vehicle impoundment and a $50,000 penalty on motor carriers, was reported favorably after questions about impound procedures and cargo handling; one speaker opposed it. SB 1594, protecting veterans’ benefits for foster youth so the funds are reserved for postsecondary education, training, and after-care services, was reported favorably with supportive testimony from a former DCF attorney. CS/SB 760, creating a new offense for willful violations of no-contact pretrial release conditions in violent crime cases, was reported favorably despite criminal defense attorneys’ concerns about a provision allowing warrantless arrests without officer observation.
The committee also approved a complete rewrite of the nonprofit corporations chapter in SB 554, a sickle cell continuing education bill (SB 844) after extensive emotional testimony from patients, advocates, and family members, and SB 1022 adding two children’s initiative programs in Bay County and Broward County. CS/SB 1246 broadened the Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include health science education programs and related workforce needs and was reported favorably. Finally, the committee approved CS/CS/SB 1230 restricting use and sale of certain firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS, and CS/CS/SB 128 directing DEP to mark Red Harris Spoil Island; both passed with favorable votes. Several senators later asked to be recorded as voting in the affirmative on specific tabs, and the meeting adjourned without further business.
US
US Federal 2025-2026 Regular Session
Hearings to examine the President's 2025 trade policy agenda. Apr 8th, 2025 at 09:00 am
Finance Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- Last Wednesday, President Trump declared a national emergency in response to the large and persistent
- This national emergency declaration and tariff action is the most significant change in U.S. trade policy
- And on April 2nd, the president declared the national emergency that we've discussed.
- In the first instance, when the president declares an emergency, he has to consider where there is...
- If you declare that as an emergency, you're giving the President of the United States unbelievable power
Keywords:
tariffs, Trump administration, economy, public testimony, trade policy, market access, export controls
Summary:
The meeting focused on various significant topics concerning the recent tariff policies and their wide-ranging implications on the American economy. Members expressed their concerns regarding the negative impact of increased tariffs as proposed by the Trump administration, with specific emphasis on how families might suffer from higher costs and market access issues. The discussion was lively, with members questioning the clarity of the tariff plan and raising concerns about its potential effects on small businesses and American exports.
HI
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, this comes from a declaration of a director of transportation at HDOT, who quoted in his declaration
- Um, this comes from a declaration of a director of transportation at HDOT, who quoted in his declaration
- Um, this comes from a declaration of a director of transportation at HDOT, who quoted in his declaration
- Um, this comes from a declaration of a director of transportation at HDOT, who quoted in his declaration
- Uh in emergency application for a stay.
Summary:
The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the State of Hawaii’s affirmative litigation against the federal administration, with no public testimony. Attorney General Lopez and deputies said the office’s goal is to enforce the rule of law, not make partisan points, and noted that Hawaii is involved in 27 ongoing cases. They grouped the cases into four broad areas: immigration, funding freezes and grant terminations, federal agency dismantling/reductions in force, and protecting elections, health, and safety.
Several immigration-related cases were discussed in detail. These included a challenge to the federal sharing of Medicaid data with DHS for immigration enforcement, a similar challenge to USDA’s demand for SNAP applicant and recipient data, and litigation over immigration-enforcement conditions attached to federal grants. The office also described the birthright citizenship executive order, saying it conflicts with the 14th Amendment and Supreme Court precedent; lower courts granted preliminary relief, and the U.S. Supreme Court later addressed only the scope of nationwide injunctions, not the merits. In the Department of Transportation case, the court granted a preliminary injunction against the “Duffy directive,” finding the immigration conditions lacked statutory authority, were arbitrary and capricious, and violated the Spending Clause and APA.
The briefing also covered multiple funding disputes. In the education funding freeze case, the Department of Education and OMB withheld about $6 billion in formula funds, including roughly $33 million for Hawaii; after suit was filed, the funds were released. Other cases included the termination of over $11 billion in public health grants, which affected Hawaii Department of Health grants, the NIH indirect cost cap case, and NIH grant terminations tied to DEI, transgender issues, and vaccine hesitancy. The speakers said some cases have already resulted in preliminary or permanent injunctions, while others remain on appeal or are still being litigated.
AL
Alabama 2026 1st Special Session
Alabama House Special Session 2026 May 8th, 2026
Alabama House Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Because the bills that were drawn in 2023 were declared by a three-judge panel as well as the Supreme
- Nothing in the bill will change at all unless the court reverses this ruling and allows and declare it
- >> The Attorney General filed a motion yesterday asking for an emergency declaration on the appeal, and
- it could come any day. >> Define what's the emergency?
- come any day. >> Define what's the emergency?
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Agriculture Mar 3rd, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- NOT ALWAYS A HIGHWAY PATROLMAN AROUND AND THE MORE ANIMALS TIED UP AND ABANDONED DURING STATE OF EMERGENCY
- THIS WOULD MAKE IT A THIRD-DEGREE FELONY TO COMMIT EXTREME ANIMAL CRUELTY DURING A DECLARED WEATHER EMERGENCY
- , IN OTHER WORDS HURRICANES TROPICAL STORMS, TORNADOES DECLARED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
- THIS CREATES A STATEWIDE DANGEROUS DOG REGISTRY OR ONLINE DATABASE THAT WAS DOGS DECLARED DANGEROUS.
- IF THE DOG HAS NOT BEEN DECLARED DANGEROUS BUT CAUSES SEVERE INJURY OR DEATH AND THE OWNER HAD PRIOR
KY
Kentucky 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Day 50 (3-19-26)
Kentucky Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- House Bill 96, an act relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency
- House Bill 96, an act relating to the postsecondary education working group and declaring an emergency
- House Bill 470, an act relating to peer support professionals and declaring an emergency.
- House Bill 280, an act relating to health care and declaring an emergency.
- House Bill 280, an act relating to motor vehicle dealers and declaring an emergency.
VT
Vermont 2025-2026 Regular Session
Senate Session - 2026-03-19 - 11:00AM
Vermont Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
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personnel, have a lot of emergency personnel, have a lot of emergency personnel - This would uh allow an operator to move equipment uh in a declared emergency on any state or municipal
- This would uh allow an operator to move equipment uh in a declared emergency on any state or municipal
- This would uh allow an operator to move equipment uh in a declared emergency on any state or municipal
- This would uh allow an operator to move equipment uh in a declared emergency on any state or municipal