Any person, including anyone in the business of selling or leasing new or used equipment, who provides equipment to the state or to any political subdivision of the state at no cost during an emergency or disaster situation, whether or not officially declared as such, for use in meeting any exigency caused by the emergency or disaster situation shall not be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission by the person in providing the equipment.
(Ga. L. 1980, p. 1048, § 1.)