市町村長は、当該市町村の地域に係る災害が発生し、被災住民の生命若しくは身体を災害から保護し、又は居住の場所を確保することが困難な場合において、当該被災住民について同一都道府県内の他の市町村の区域における一時的な滞在(以下「広域一時滞在」という。)の必要があると認めるときは、当該被災住民の受入れについて、当該他の市町村の市町村長に協議することができる。
In cases where a disaster involving an area of a municipality has occurred, and it is difficult to protect the lives or bodies of affected residents from the disaster or to secure places for them to live, when the mayor of the relevant municipality finds it necessary to provide the affected residents with places to stay temporarily within the area of another municipality in the same prefecture (hereinafter referred to as "wide-area temporary stay"), the mayor may consult with the mayor of that another municipality about the acceptance of the affected residents.