§ 19-13-107 — Emergency support task forces

(a) The governor or his duly authorized representative and
the governing bodies of political subdivisions may create and
establish such number of emergency support task forces as
necessary to reinforce homeland security programs in stricken
areas with due consideration of the plans of the federal
government and of other states. The governor or governing body
of the political subdivision shall appoint for each unit a
coordinator who has primary responsibility for the organization,
administration and operation of the unit. Emergency support task
forces shall be activated upon orders of the governor or
governing body of the political subdivisions and shall perform
their functions in any part of the state, or upon conditions
specified in this section, in other states. The governor may
remove any emergency support task force member he appoints as
provided in W.S. 9-1-202.
(b) Personnel of emergency support task forces while on
duty, whether within or without the state, under orders of the
governor shall be paid as follows:
(i) If they are employees of the state or a political
subdivision of the state, they shall continue to be paid by
their employers and receive the same pay and have the same
powers, duties, rights, privileges and immunities, including
their rights under the Wyoming Worker's Compensation Act
incident to employment;
(ii) Personnel of emergency support task forces who
are not employees of the state or a political subdivision
thereof, while on duty, whether within or without the state,
shall be paid the current rate established by the United States
department of labor in its area wage determination scale for
skilled, semiskilled and unskilled workers. The wage
determination shall be based upon that normally established and
obtained through the office of the district engineer, corps of
engineers, Omaha, Nebraska, as determined in the particular area
of the state wherein the work is being or to be performed.
Acceptance by the proper hiring authority of any volunteer and
his services will constitute qualification of his skill and
craft as set out in the wage determination scale, and the
volunteer is entitled to the same rights and immunities as are
provided by law for the employees of the state. In the event of
injury, disability or death, such personnel shall be entitled to
compensation at the same rates as provided by the Wyoming
Worker's Compensation Act for like injuries, disabilities or
death.