29A.3A - CIVIL AIR PATROL.
29A.3A CIVIL AIR PATROL.
1. The civil air patrol may be used to support national guard
missions in support of civil authorities as described in section
29C.5 or in support of noncombat national guard missions under
section 29A.8 or 29A.8A.
2. Requests for activation of the civil air patrol shall be made
to the commander of the Iowa wing of the civil air patrol. Missions
shall be in accordance with laws and regulations applicable to the
United States air force and the civil air patrol. Prior to
activation of the civil air patrol, the adjutant general or the Iowa
civil air patrol wing commander shall apply to the air force rescue
coordination center, the air force national security emergency
preparedness agency, or the civil air patrol national operations
center for federal mission status and funding.
3. If an operation or mission of the civil air patrol is granted
federal mission status and assigned an accompanying federal mission
number, the following shall apply:
a. The operation or mission shall be funded by the federal
government.
b. When training or operating pursuant to a federal mission
number, members of the civil air patrol shall be considered federal
employees for the purposes of tort claims arising from the
performance of the mission or any actions incident to the performance
of the mission.
4. If an operation or mission of the civil air patrol is not
granted federal mission status and is not assigned an accompanying
federal mission number, the following shall apply:
a. Operations and administration of the civil air patrol
relating to missions not qualifying for federal mission status shall
be funded by the state from moneys appropriated to the homeland
security and emergency management division of the department of
public defense for that purpose.
b. When performing a mission that does not qualify for
federal mission status, members of the civil air patrol shall be
considered state employees for purposes of the Iowa tort claims Act,
as provided in chapter 669, and for purposes of workers'
compensation, as provided in chapter 85. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 119, §2
Referred to in § 29A.12, 29A.28, 29A.43, 29C.5, 96.7(2a)