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Government Code - GOV

TITLE 1. GENERAL [100 - 7931.000]

  ( Title 1 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. )
  

DIVISION 4. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES [1000 - 3599.84]

  ( Division 4 enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 134. )
  

CHAPTER 8. Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance for Disaster Service Workers and Public Employees [3100 - 3109]
  ( Heading of Chapter 8 amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 590. )

  
3100.  

It is hereby declared that the protection of the health and safety and preservation of the lives and property of the people of the state from the effects of natural, manmade, or war-caused emergencies which result in conditions of disaster or in extreme peril to life, property, and resources is of paramount state importance requiring the responsible efforts of public and private agencies and individual citizens. In furtherance of the exercise of the police power of the state in protection of its citizens and resources, all public employees are hereby declared to be disaster service workers subject to such disaster service activities as may be assigned to them by their superiors or by law.

(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 38.)