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protection of the public peace, health, and safety, and the city, any of its officers, employees, aqents, representatives. or any person. in operatino a shelter may not be held liable for any death, iniury, or damaoe from any cause sustained to persons who elected to use a shelter operated bv the city. I (b) Any person, and their successor in interest. if any. ownino or controllino real estate or other premises. who voluntarilv and without compensation, orants to the city a license or privileoe, or otherwise permits the city to inspect, desionate, and use such real estate or premises, either in whole or in part, for the purpose of shelterino persons durinq an actual. impendinq, or practice emeroencv, may not be held civilly liable for the death or injury to any person, or for loss of, or damaoe to, any property of others occurrino on or about the real property or premises used by the city. Sec. 26.030. No liability for operation of vehicles used to evacuate residents. (a) Due to the need for transportino individuals who may not be able to make independent arranqements for transportation in response to an order to evacuate the city prior to the time a disaster is predicted to strike the city, the city manaoer may arranqe to use buses and other vehicles of any type made available to the city bv any private transportation company, state, city, reoional transportation authority or school district to evacuate residents of the city to prearranoed shelters in the city or in communities outside the threatened area. The evacuation of residents, includinq the return of the residents from shelters outside or within the city, is considered to be an emerqency qovernmental function for the protection of the public peace, health, and safety, and, the city, any of its officers, employees. aoents, representatives or any other person operatinQ a vehicle. mav not be held liable for anv death, iniury, or damaQe from any cause sustained to persons who elected to be evacuated in a vehicle operated for these purposes. I (b) Any public entity ownino, operatinQ, or controllina any vehicle used to evacuate residents from the city or within the city, who voluntarily and without compensation, qrants to the city the use of its vehicle for this purpose may not be held civillv liable for the death or injury to any person, or for loss or damaoe to any property resultino from the operation of the vehicle while transportino individuals to and from the city as part of an evacuation prooram oroanized bv the city manaoer. Anv officer, employee. aoent. and representative of a public entity who is involved in the evacuation effort on behalf of the entity and the city may not be held civillv liable for the death or iniury to any person or damaqe to any property as the result of the operation of a vehicle durino an evacuation prooram. I 12