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Official's Guide to Disasters <br /> Sec. 14-40. Termination of proclamation. • <br /> Any proclamation issued under this article shall expire five days after its last imposition <br /> unless sooner terminated in writing under the same procedures set forth in section 14- <br /> 32 for proclamations. <br /> (Ord. of 9-18-1990(1), § 11, eff. 9-18-1990) <br /> Sec. 14-41. Administration of article in case of absence or disability of chair. <br /> In case of the absence or disability of the chair of the board of commissioners, such <br /> other person as may be designated by the board of commissioners shall have an <br /> exercise of all the powers in this article given the chair. The line of succession shall be <br /> the vice-chair, the county manager, the assistant county manager, the emergency <br /> management director, and the assistant emergency management director. The <br /> emergency management director or his assistants shall have the authority to invoke <br /> section 14-33 when immediacy of necessary action precludes contact with the chair. <br /> (Ord. of 9-18-1990(1), § 12, eff. 9-18-1990) <br /> Sec. 14-42. Penalty for violation of article. <br /> Except as provided in section 14-36, any person violating any prohibition or restriction <br /> imposed by a proclamation authorized by this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, <br /> punishable upon conviction in accordance with section 1-7, as provided by G.S. 14-4. • <br /> (Ord. of 9-18-1990(1), § 13, eff. 9-18-1990) <br /> Sec. 14-43. Territorial applicability. <br /> This article shall not apply within the corporate limits of any municipality, or within any <br /> area of the county over which the municipality has jurisdiction to enact general police <br /> power ordinances, unless the municipality by resolution consents to its application or <br /> the mayor of the municipality has requested its application, in which event it shall apply <br /> to such areas as fully and to the same extent as elsewhere in the county. <br /> (Ord. of 9-18-1990(1), § 15, eff. 9-18-1990) <br /> State law references: Authority to declare a state of emergency, G.S. 14-288.12; local <br /> emergency authorizations, G.S. 166A-8. <br /> Appendices Page 5.10 • <br /> Version Date-April 9, 2012 <br />