An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To Study Maine's Homeland Security Needs
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0676
Committee: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Amends: 22 MRSA §451, 26 MRSA §1419-A, 35-A MRSA §7104, 37-B MRSA §708, 37-B MRSA §745, 37-B MRSA §783, 37-B MRSA §1119-A

Legislative Document 
No. 676 
S.P.213 
February 8, 2007 
An Act To Implement the Recommendations of the Task Force To 
Study Maine's Homeland Security Needs 
(EMERGENCY) 
Reported by Senator STRIMLING of Cumberland for the Task Force to Study Maine's 
Homeland Security Needs pursuant to Resolve 2005, chapter 126. 
Reference to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety suggested and ordered 
printed under Joint Rule 218. 
PrinteJ un rt'I:)...:leJ raper 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Emergency preamble. Whereas, acts and resolves of the Legislature do not 
become effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as emergencies; and 
Whereas, the State's emergency preparedness efforts need to be supported to ensure 
that the State has the tools necessary to protect our citizens from terrorism and natural 
disasters; and 
Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create an emergency within 
the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and require the following legislation as 
immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, 
therefore, 
lOBe it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
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Sec. 1. 20-A MRS A §lOOl, sub-§16, as amended by PL 2001, c. 588, § 10, is 
further amended to read: 
16. Crisis response plan. They shall annually approve a plan developed by the 
school unit administration working with local public safety, mental health and law 
enforcement officials to deal with crises and potential crisis situations involving violent 
acts by or against students in each school in the school administrative unit. The crisis 
response plan must include an all-hazards emergency plan component that must be 
approved by a local emergency response official or other local public safety agency. The 
school board shall also review and update the plan as necessary and implement regular 
training, education and drills for staff, students and parents. 
Sec. 2. 22 MRSA §451, as amended by PL 1989, c. 487, §3, is repealed and the 
following enacted in its place: 
§451. Appointment 
The following provisions govern the appointment and employment of local health 
officers. 
1. Role of municipality. Every municipality in the State shall employ a local health 
officer who is appointed by the municipal officers of that municipality. A person may be 
appointed and employed as a local health officer by more than one municipality. 
2. Qualifications. The local health officer must be qualified by education, training 
or experience in the field of public health or a combination as detennined by standards 
adopted by department rule no later than January 1, 2008. A person who is employed as 
a local health officer who is not qualified by education, training or experience must meet 
qualification standards adopted by department rule no later than June 1, 2008. On or after 
June 1, 2008, a person may not be appointed and employed as a local health officer unless 
that person is first qualified pursuant to the standards set by department rule. 
Rules 
adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, 
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
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3. Duration of appointment; notification. A local health officer is appointed for a 
term of 3 years and until that officer's successor is appointed. The municipal officers 
shall appoint a successor within 30 days of any resignation or expiration of term. The 
municipal officers or clerk of each municipality shall within 10 days notify the 
department in writing of the appointment of a local health officer. Notification to the 
department must include the local health officer's name, age and address and the dates of 
the appointment and the beginning of the 3-year term. A local health officer in a town or 
plantation contiguous to unorganized territory shall perform the duties of a local health 
officer in that territory. 
4. Incapacity or absence. In the event of incapacity or absence of the local health 
officer, the municipal officers shall appoint a person to act as local health officer during 
that incapacity or absence. The chair of the municipal officers shall perform the duties of 
a local health officer until the regular local health officer is returned to duty or another 
person has been appointed and employed. In a municipality with a manager form of 
government, when the charter so provides, the appointments provided for in this 
subsection may be made by the manager and the duties prescribed for the chair of the 
municipal officers during incapacity or absence of the local health officer are performed 
by the manager. 
5. Conflict of interest. A person may not be appointed to hold office as a local 
health officer or to serve as a member of the local board of health under section 453 if 
that person has a pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in any corporation or other 
entity over which that officer or board has general supervision. 
6. Duties. Local health officers may be employed on a part-time or full-time basis. 
The offices of local health officer and town or school physician may be combined when, 
in the opinion of the municipal officers, the health needs of the public would be better 
served. 
Sec. 3. 
MRSA §1419-A, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 336, §2, IS 
amended to read: 
6. Emergency alert telecommunications service. A person who has been certified 
by the Division of Deafness as being deaf or hard-of-hearing and has an income of less 
than 135% of the federal poverty level must receive a discount of up to $10 per month in 
the service charge for any wireless communications device or 2 way pager that is used to 
receive emergency alerts issued by any state or federal agency. 
Such a person must 
receive a $10 discount except '",hen the service charge for the \vireless communications 
device or 2 way pager is less than $10 per month, in '.'"hich case the person must receive a 
discount equal to the service charge for the wireless communications device or 2 wa)' 
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wireless communications device or 2-way pager that is used to receive emergency 
alerts issued by any state or federal agency and the monthly service for that device or 
pager without charge. 
A company required to provide the discount service without 
charge to a person is entitled to recover monthly service charge amounts discounted from 
the Communications Equipment Fund established in subsection 2. 
The Bureau of 
Rehabilitation Services shall adopt rules to establish the process for certifying eligibility 
with the Division of Deafness and for the process to be used by wireless and paging 
companies in recovering discounted revenue monthly service charge amounts from the 
Communications Equipment Fund. Administrative costs associated with implementing 
this subsection may be paid from funds provided to the Communications Equipment Fund 
for the purposes of this subsection pursuant to Title 35-A, section 7104. Rules adopted 
pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, 
subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 4. 35-A MRSA §7104, sub-§5, as repealed and replaced by PL 2005, c. 683, 
Pt. A, §59, is amended to read: 
5. Funds for Communications Equipment Fund. The commission shall annually 
transfer $85,000 from a state universal service fund established pursuant to this section to 
the Communications Equipment Fund established under Title 26, section 1419-A. 
If the Department of Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services does not receive from 
federal or other sources funds in addition to the $85,000 sufficient to carry out the 
purposes of Title 26, section 1419-A, the commission, at the request of the Department of 
Labor, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, may transfer from the state universal service 
fund to the Communications Equipment Fund an additional $37,500. 
The commission may, upon the request of the Department of Labor, Bureau of 
Rehabilitation Services and after a finding that the funds are necessary and that sufficient 
attempts have been made by the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services to maximize federal 
support to support emergency alert telecommunications service, transfer up to $60,000 in 
fiscal )'ear 2005 06, up to $90,000 in fiscal year 2006 07 and up to $120,000 in any 
subsequent amounts certified by the Bureau of Rehabilitation Services as necessary in 
each fiscal year from the state universal service fund established by this section to the 
Communications Equipment Fund established under Title 26, section 1419-A for the 
exclusive purpose of supporting the discount program established under provision of 
wireless communication devices and 2-way pagers and service for those wireless 
communication devices and 2-way pagers to qualifying persons pursuant to Title 26, 
section 1419-A, subsection 6. 
The commission may require contributions to the state universal service fund in an 
amount necessary to collect amounts transferred pursuant to this subsection. 
Sec. 5. 37-B MRS A §708, sub-§2, ~F, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 634, ~ 12, is 
amended to read: 
F. 
Advise the Governor with regard to the appropriate response to any terrorist 
threat; and 
Sec. 6. 37-B MRSA §708, sub-§2, ~G, as enacted by PL 2005, c. 634, § 12, is 
amended to read: 
G. 
Periodically advise an emergency response team with pertinent information that 
could assist in the team's response to an evenh ; and 
Sec. 7. 37-B MRSA §708, sub-§2, ~H is enacted to read: 
H. Beginning January 15, 2008 and annually thereafter, report to the joint standing 
committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over criminal justice and public 
safety matters regarding homeland security training and communications exercises 
and other homeland security initiatives and issues. 
Sec. 8. 37-B MRSA §745, sub-§6 is enacted to read: 
6. Rules. The agency shall adopt rules governing the process for the expenditure of 
funds from the fund. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive 
rules as defined in Title 5, Chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. 
Sec. 9. 37-B MRSA §783, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: 
3-A. Shelters. Identification of adequate shelter space, including, by January 1, 
2008, identification in each county of at least one shelter space that is equipped to handle 
pets; 
Sec. 10. 37-B MRSA §783, sub-§3-B is enacted to read: 
3-B. Continued medical care. By January 1, 2008, identification of methods to 
ensure that persons who require medical care and are transferred from hospitals, nursing 
homes or their own personal residences during emergencies receive continued medical 
care; 
Sec. 11. 37-B MRSA §783, sub-§3-C is enacted to read: 
3-C. Transportation. By January 1, 2008, identification of methods to identify 
persons who require transportation in an emergency, including those with disabilities or 
other special needs, and methods to ensure that these transportation needs are met; 
Sec. 12. 37-B MRSA §1119-A is enacted to read: 
§ 1119-A. Dam Safety Fund; annual dam fees 
1. Fund established. The Dam Safety Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," 
is established as a nonlapsing fund in the Maine Emergency Management Agency. The 
commissioner may use this fund only to support dam inspection, maintenance and repair. 
2. Fees. Beginning January 15, 2008, the following fees must be paid annually to 
the commissioner and deposited in the fund. 
A. 
A municipality shall pay annual fees for dams that the municipality owns as 
follows: 
(1) $1,000 a year for each significant hazard potential dam; 
(2) $1,000 a year for each high hazard potential dam; and 
(3) $40 a year for each low hazard potential dam. 
B. 
A private owner shall pay annual fees for dams that the private owner owns as 
follows: 
(1) $250 a year for each significant hazard potential dam; 
(2) $250 a year for each high hazard potential dam; and 
(3) $40 a year for each low hazard potential dam. 
Sec. 13. Report on local health officers. The Director of the Maine Center for 
Disease Control and Prevention within the Department of Health and Human Services, in 
conjunction with the Public Health Work Group and other stakeholders and interested 
parties, shall further study and specify standards for local health officer qualifications, 
including redefining the role of the local health officer and updating related statutes to 
clarify that role. The director shall report recommendations, including any necessary 
legislation, to the Homeland Security Advisory Council created in the Maine Revised 
Statutes, Title 37-B, section 708 and the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human 
Services by June 1, 2007. 
The joint standing committee is authorized to submit 
legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
Sec. 14. Report of Public Health Work Group. Upon completion of its work, 
but no later than July 1, 2007, the Public Health Work Group shall report to the 
Homeland Security Advisory Council and to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and 
Human Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safcty 
any recommendations regarding the following initiatives: 
1. 
Development of a strong local health officer system that is ablc to function 
independently of the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Ccntcr for 
Disease Control and Prevention, if necessary, during an emergency and that supports the 
county-based emergency management agency and homeland security counterparts; 
2. Development of training of, support of and links between local health officers to 
ensure that each of the 16 county emergency management agencies has a competent local 
health liaison, including clarification of the role of local health officers in emergcncy 
preparedness and response and recovery; 
3. Implementation of pilot projects at the county or multicounty level to establish 
official health agencies to serve as the official public health liaisons during emergencies 
and to provide an official boundary of local government jurisdiction in the public health 
arena; 
4. Certification of all local law enforcement officers to act as deputy county sheriffs 
during emergencies and authorization to counties to assume jurisdiction and permit 
official delegation of public health functions from municipal to county levels; and 
5. 
Adoption and implementation of the National Public Health Performance 
Standards established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the standards of the National Association 
of County and City Health Officials for ensuring the competency of individuals and 
agencIes. 
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The Homeland Security Advisory Council and the joint standing committees are 
authorized to submit legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 
123rd Legislature. 
Sec. 15. Report from Maine Emergency Management Agency regarding 
pet-friendly shelters. The Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency 
within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management shall work 
with communities to identify levels of need and where and how to allocate pet-friendly 
shelters in order to meet the requirement of Title 37-8, section 783 that at least one such 
shelter be established in each county no later than January 1, 2008. The director shall 
report findings and recommendations, including any necessary legislation, to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by September 1, 2007. The 
joint standing committee is authorized to submit legislation based on the report to the 
Sec. 16. Report from Maine Emergency Management Ag~ncy regarding 
plans for ongoing medical care for persons transferred during emergencies. 
The Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency within the Department of 
Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management shall work with communities to develop 
plans required under Title 37-8, section 783 to ensure that persons who require medical 
care and are transferred from hospitals, nursing homes or their own personal residences 
during emergencies receive continued medical care. The director shall report findings 
and recommendations, including any necessary legislation, to the Joint Standing 
Committee on Health and Human Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal 
Justice and Public Safety by September 1, 2007. 
The joint standing committees are 
authorized to submit legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 
123rd Legislature. 
Sec. 17. Report from Maine Emergency Management Agency regarding 
plans for identification of persons needing transportation and how to 
evacuate those persons. The Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency 
within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management shall work 
with communities to identify persons who require transportation in the event of an 
emergency and to develop plans required under Title 37-8, section 783 to ensure that 
those persons are transported. The director shall report findings and recommendations, 
including any necessary legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice 
and Public Safety by September 1, 2007. The joint standing committee is authorized to 
submit legislation based on the report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd 
Legislature. 
Sec. 18. Implementation of disability indicator. The Director of the Maine 
Emergency Management Agency within the Department of Defense, Veterans and 
Emergency Management, in cooperation with the Maine Developmental Disabilities 
Council and the Public Utilities Commission, shall develop and implement a plan, 
including a funding mechanism, to provide a statewide disability indicator system to 
allow individuals with disabilities and special health needs to provide a code identifying 
special assistance needed in an emergency. 
The director shall report regarding the 
implementation of the plan and identify any policy or legislative changes that may be 
required to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by July 1, 
2007. The joint standing committee is authorized to submit legislation based on the 
report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
Sec. 19. Report from Maine Emergency Management Agency regarding 
building communications system needs. The Director of the Maine Emergency 
Management Agency within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, in cooperation with the Chief Information Officer and the Statewide Radio 
Network Board, shall seek and coordinate from each of the fire chiefs across the State a 
list of those facilities in each chiefs community that pose radio communications 
challenges and, after application of a recognized standardized risk assessment, are 
identified as having a high potential of high vulnerability in an emergency event. The 
director shall report findings and recommendations, including any necessary legislation, 
to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by September 1, 
2007. The joint standing committee is authorized to submit legislation based on the 
report to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
Sec. 20. Report from Maine Emergency Management Agency regarding 
regulation of fuel tanks. The Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency 
within the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, in cooperation 
with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation and the Department of 
Environmental Protection, shall research the public safety factors involved in determining 
whether fuel tanks should be attached to buildings in order to withstand high winds and 
flooding and whether all fuel tanks should have emergency shut-off valves. The director 
shall report findings and recommendations, including any necessary legislation, to the 
Homeland Security Advisory Council by September 1, 2007. The Homeland Security 
Advisory Council is authorized to submit legislation based on the report to the Second 
Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
Sec. 21. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and 
allocations are made. 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT 
OF 
Maine Emergency Management Agency 
Initiative: 
Provides funding for 6 ram gauges to be installed on rivers m York and 
Cumberland counties. 
GENERAL FUND 
All Other 
GENERAL FUND TOTAL 
2007-08 
$90,000 
$90,000 
2008-09 
$20,000 
$20,000 
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FEDERAL FUNDS 
All Other 
FEDERAL FUNDS TOTAL 
2007-08 
$90,000 
$90,000 
2008-09 
$20,000 
$20,000 
Initiative: 
Establishes 2 positions to support dam inspection, maintenance and repair 
through the Dam Safety Fund. 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
2007-08 
2008-09 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
$68,592 
$68,592 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL 
$68,592 
$68,592 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
2007-08 
2008-09 
Personal Services 
$68,592 
$68,592 
FEDERAL FUNDS TOTAL 
$68,592 
$68,592 
Initiative: Establishes 2 positions to support Maine's Fusion Center, which is designed to 
facilitate communication among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies 
regarding intelligence infom1ation and analysis. 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
2007-08 
2008-09 
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT 
Personal Services 
$152,568 
$152,568 
FEDERAL FUNDS TOTAL 
$152,568 
$152,568 
DEFENSE, VETERANS AND EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 
DEPARTMENT TOTALS 
2007-08 
2008-09 
GENERAL FUND 
$90,000 
$20,000 
FEDERAL FUNDS 
$211,160 
$211,160 
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS 
$68,592 
$68,592 
DEPARTMENT TOTAL-ALL FUNDS 
$379,752 
$379,752 
Emergency clause. 
In view of the emergency cited m the preamble, this 
legislation takes effect when approved. 
SUMMARY 
This emergency bill is the recommendation of the Task Force to Study Maine's 
Homeland Security Needs. The bill proposes to do the following. 
1. It specifies that the crisis response plan that each school unit administration must 
develop and approve annually includes an all-hazards emergency plan component that 
must be approved by local emergency response officials or other local public safety 
officials. The bill directs the school board to review and update the plan regularly and 
implement training and drills for staff, students and parents. 
The Commissioner of 
Education may withhold state subsidy from those schools that fail to meet these 
requirements. 
2. It requires the Homeland Security Advisory Council, beginning January 15, 2008 
and annually thereafter, to report to the joint standing committee of the legislature having 
jurisdiction over criminal justice and public safety matters regarding homeland security 
training and communications exercises and other homeland security initiatives and issues. 
3. It specifies that local health officers must be qualified by education, training or 
experience in the field of public health or a combination as determined by standards set 
through the adoption of major substantive rules by the Department of Health and Human 
Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention by January 1,2008. i\ person 
employed as a local health officer before January 1, 2008 who is not qualified by 
education, training or experience must meet qualification standards no later than June 1, 
2008. On or after June 1, 2008, a person may not be appointed and employed as a local 
health officer unless that person is qualified pursuant to department standards. 
4. 
It specifies that the Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency 
Management, Maine Emergency Management Agency shall adopt major substantive rules 
regarding the process for the expenditure of funds from the Disaster Relief Fund. 
5. 
It amends the disaster emergency plan requirements for municipal, county and 
regional emergency management agencies by requiring each plan to include provisions to 
ensure the sheltering of pets, continuous medical care of persons transferred in an 
emergency and methods to identify and provide transportation to those who will need 
transportation in an emergency situation. 
The bill directs the Maine Emergency 
Management Agency to work with communities on these issues and to report to the Joint 
Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by July 1, 2007 with 
recommendations for additional changes. The Joint Standing Committee on Criminal 
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Justice and Public Safety, upon receIvmg the reports, may submit implementing 
legislation to the Second Regular Session of the 123rd Legislature. 
6. It specifies that persons who have been certified by the Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Division of Deafness as being deaf or hard-of-hearing 
and have an income of less than 135% of the federal poverty level must receive a wireless 
communications device or 2-way pager and the monthly service for that device or pager 
without charge. A company required to provide the service without charge is entitled to 
recover monthly service charge amounts from the Communications Equipment Fund. 
The Bureau of Rehabilitation Services shall adopt rules to establish the process for 
certifying eligibility with the Division of Deafness and for the process to be used by 
wireless and paging companies in recovering monthly service charge amounts from the 
Communications Equipment Fund. 
7. 
It creates an annual fee structure for payment by municipal and pnvate dam 
owners to support dam inspection, maintenance and repair. 
8. It requires the Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 
within the Department of Health and Human Services in conjunction with the Public 
Health Work Group and other stakeholders and interested parties, to further study and set 
standards by major substantive rulemaking for local health officer qualifications and 
redefine the local health officer's role, including updating related statutes to clarify that 
role. 
The director shall report these proposed standards, recommendations and any 
necessary legislation to the Homeland Security Advisory Council and the Joint Standing 
Committee on Health and Human Services by June 1,2007. Qualification standards must 
be set by rule by January 1,2008. 
9. It requires the Public Health Work Group to report any recommendations to the 
Homeland Security Advisory Council and to the Joint Standing Committee on Hcalth and 
Human Services and the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety 
regarding the following initiatives: 
A. 
Development of a strong local health officer system that is able to function 
independently of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, if necessary, 
during an emergency and that supports the county-based emergency management 
agency and homeland security counterparts; 
B. Development of training of, support of and links between local health officers to 
ensure that each of the 16 county emergency management agencies has a competent 
local health liaison, including clarification of the role of local health officers in 
emergency preparedness and response and recovery; 
C. Implementation of pilot projects at the county or multicounty level to establish 
official health agencies, to serve as the official public health liaisons during 
emergencies and to provide an official boundary of local government jurisdiction in 
the public health arena; 
D. Certification of all local law enforcement officers to act as deputy county sheriffs 
during emergencies and authorization to counties to assume jurisdiction and permit 
official delegation of public health functions from municipal to county levels; and 
E. 
Adoption and implementation of the National Public Health Perfonnance 
Standards established by the United States Department of Health and Human 
Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the standards of the 
National Association of County and City Health Officials for ensuring the 
competency of individuals and agencies. 
10. 
It directs the Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency, in 
cooperation with the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council and the Public Utilities 
Commission, to develop and implement a plan, including funding, to provide a statewide 
disability indicator system to allow individuals with disabilities and special health needs 
to provide a code identifying special assistance needed in an emergency. The director 
shall report regarding the implementation of the plan and shall identify any necessary 
implementing legislation to the Joint Standing Committee on Criminal Justice and Public 
Safety by July 1,2007. 
11. 
It directs the Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency, in 
cooperation with the Chief Infonnation Officer and the Statewide Radio Network Board, 
to seek and coordinate infonnation from fire chiefs across the State identifying those 
facilities in each chiefs community that pose radio communications challenges and, after 
a standardized risk assessment, are identified as having high potcntial for high 
vulnerability in an emergency event. 
The director shall report findings and 
recommendations, including any necessary legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee 
on Criminal Justice and Public Safety by September 1, 2007. 
12. 
It directs the Director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency, in 
cooperation with the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation and the 
Department of Environmental Protection, to research the public safety factors involved in 
detennining whether fuel tanks should be attached to buildings in order to withstand high 
winds and flooding and whether all fuel tanks should have emergency shut-off valves. 
The director shall report findings and recommendations, including any necessary 
legislation, to the Homeland Security Advisory Council by September 1,2007. 
13. It includes an appropriations and allocations section to implement initiatives to 
provide funding for 6 rain gauges to be installed on rivers in York and Cumberland 
counties, to establish 2 positions to support the Dam Safety Program and to establish 2 
positions to support Maine's Fusion Center, which is designed to 
facilitate 
communication among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies regarding 
intelligence infonnation and analysis. 
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