[§127D-5]  Requesting assistance.  A member county may request assistance from other member counties under the intrastate mutual aid system for response, mitigation, or recovery activities related to an emergency, or to participate in drills or exercises in preparation for an emergency, subject to each of the following provisions:

     (1)  Prior to requesting assistance, a requesting member county shall:

          (A)  Have determined an emergency exists within the requesting member county's territorial limits pursuant to chapter 127A; or

          (B)  Anticipate undertaking drills or exercises in preparation for an emergency;

     (2)  The mayor of a requesting member county, or authorized designee, shall request assistance directly from the mayor, or authorized designee, of another member county; provided that if this request is oral, the request shall be confirmed in writing within thirty days after the date of the request;

     (3)  A responding member county may withhold or withdraw requested assistance at any time and for any reason, in the responding member county's sole discretion;

     (4)  A responding member county shall designate in writing all assistance that the responding member county is providing to a requesting member county at the time provided, consistent with the guidelines and procedures developed by the agency, and deliver copies of this documentation to the requesting member county within thirty days after the assistance is provided; and

     (5)  The requesting member county shall only have operational control of assistance provided under this chapter, which shall not interfere with a responding member county's right to withdraw assistance. [L 2022, c 95, pt of §2]