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A. The "Agreement" is this Agreement, which shall be referred to as the Statewide Mutual Aid Agreement ("SMAA"). B. The "Division" is the Division of Emergency Management C. The "Participating Parties" to this Agreement are the Division and any and all special districts, educational districts, and other local and regional governments signing this Agreement. D. The "Requesting Parties" to this Agreement are Participating Parties who request assistance during an emergency. E. The "Assisting Parties" to this Agreement are Participating Parties who render assistance in an emergency to a Requesting Party. F. The "State Emergency Operations Center" is the facility designated by the State Coordinating Officer to manage and coordinate assistance to local governments during an emergency. G. The "Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan" is the biennial Plan issued by the Division in accordance with § 252.35(2)(a), Florida Statutes. H. The "State Coordinating Officer" is the official whom the Governor designates, by Executive Order, to act for the Governor in responding to a disaster, and to exercise the powers of the Governor in accordance with the Executive Order, Chapter 252, Florida Statutes, and the State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. I. The "Period of Assistance" is the time during which any Assisting Party renders assistance to any Requesting Party in an emergency, and shall include both the time necessary for the resources and personnel of the Assisting Party to travel to the place specified by the Requesting Party and the time necessary to return them to their place of origin or to the headquarters of the Assisting Party. J. A "special district' is any local or regional governmental entity which is an independent special district within the meaning of section 189.012(3), Florida Statutes, regardless of whether established by local, special, or general act, or by rule, ordinance, resolution, or interlocal agreement. 2