The all-hazards event provisions of this chapter shall not be brought into action, unless the municipal director of emergency management, a member of the legislative body of the municipality, the city or town manager, or the mayor of a city that is within the area affected by an all-hazards event shall declare an emergency and request the governor to find that a state of emergency exists and the governor so finds, or unless the governor declares a state of emergency under section 9 of this title. (Amended 2005, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)