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MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-217 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 2 - Civil Relief During Emergency Periods|Section 14-217 - Income Taxes

    (a)    (1)    If a person’s ability to pay income tax is materially impaired because the person is a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage, the collection of income tax from that person that was due before the person became, or that falls due during the period that the person is, a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage shall be deferred for a period not exceeding 6 months after the person ceased to be a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage.        (2)    If the collection of income taxes is deferred under this section, the running of a statute of limitations against the collection of those taxes is suspended for a period of 9 months after the person ceased to be a person in emergency management service or person suffering injury or damage.    (b)    (1)    Interest on the amount of tax due and unpaid does not accrue during the period that the collection of the tax is deferred under this section.        (2)    A penalty for nonpayment of tax does not accrue during the period that the collection of tax is deferred under this section.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-218 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 2 - Civil Relief During Emergency Periods|Section 14-218 - Prohibited Acts; Penalty

    (a)    A person may not make or use an affidavit required under § 14-208 of this subtitle if the person knows the affidavit is false.    (b)    A person may not knowingly participate in an eviction or distress in a manner other than in accordance with § 14-212 of this subtitle.    (c)    A person may not knowingly resume possession of property subject to § 14-213 of this subtitle in a manner other than in accordance with § 14-213(a) of this subtitle.    (d)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-301 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3 - Governor's Emergency Powers|Section 14-301 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Alternate care site” means an area that:        (1)    (i)    is not located on a health care facility’s premises; or            (ii)    is located on a health care facility’s premises in an area not typically used to provide medical services, nursing services, or other health–related services; and        (2)    is used by a licensed health care facility:            (i)    to provide medical services, nursing services, or other health–related services during a declared state of emergency; and            (ii)    that has access to an emergency electrical power generator.    (c)    “Energy emergency” means a situation in which the health, safety, or welfare of the public is threatened by an actual or impending acute shortage in energy resources.    (d)    “Health care facility” has the meaning stated in § 19–114 of the Health – General Article.    (e)    “Public emergency” means:        (1)    a situation in which three or more individuals are at the same time and in the same place engaged in tumultuous conduct that leads to the commission of unlawful acts that disturb the public peace or cause the unlawful destruction or damage of public or private property;        (2)    a crisis, disaster, riot, or catastrophe; or        (3)    an energy emergency.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-302 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3 - Governor's Emergency Powers|Section 14-302 - Legislative Intent

    (a)    The General Assembly recognizes the Governor’s broad authority in the exercise of the police power of the State to provide adequate control over persons and conditions during impending or actual public emergencies.    (b)    This subtitle shall be broadly construed to carry out the purpose of this subtitle.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-303 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3 - Governor's Emergency Powers|Section 14-303 - Governor's Proclamation of State of Emergency

    (a)    During a public emergency in the State, the Governor may proclaim a state of emergency and designate the emergency area:        (1)    if public safety is endangered or on reasonable apprehension of immediate danger to public safety; and        (2)    on:            (i)    the Governor’s own initiative; or            (ii)    the application of:                1.    the chief executive officer or governing body of a county or municipal corporation; or                2.    the Secretary of State Police.    (b)    After proclaiming a state of emergency, the Governor may promulgate reasonable orders, rules, or regulations that the Governor considers necessary to protect life and property or calculated effectively to control and terminate the public emergency in the emergency area, including orders, rules, or regulations to:        (1)    control traffic, including public and private transportation, in the emergency area;        (2)    designate specific zones in the emergency area in which the occupancy and use of buildings and vehicles may be controlled;        (3)    control the movement of individuals or vehicles into, in, or from the designated zones;        (4)    control places of amusement and places of assembly;        (5)    control individuals on public streets;        (6)    establish curfews;        (7)    control the sale, transportation, and use of alcoholic beverages;        (8)    control the possession, sale, carrying, and use of firearms, other dangerous weapons, and ammunition;        (9)    control the storage, use, and transportation of explosives or flammable materials or liquids considered to be dangerous to public safety, including “Molotov cocktails”; and        (10)    authorize the use of alternate care sites.    (c)    Before an order, rule, or regulation promulgated under subsection (b) of this section takes effect, the Governor shall give reasonable notice of the order, rule, or regulation:        (1)    in a newspaper of general circulation in the emergency area;        (2)    through television or radio serving the emergency area; or        (3)    by circulating notices or posting signs at conspicuous places in the emergency area.    (d)    An order, rule, or regulation promulgated under subsection (b) of this section:        (1)    takes effect from the time and in the manner specified in the order, rule, or regulation;        (2)    may be amended or rescinded, in the same manner as the original order, by the Governor at any time during the state of emergency; and        (3)    terminates when the Governor declares that the state of emergency no longer exists.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-305 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3 - Governor's Emergency Powers|Section 14-305 - Cooperation Among State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies

    (a)    If the Governor proclaims that a state of emergency exists, each law enforcement agency, fire company, or rescue squad of the State, a county, or municipal corporation shall:        (1)    cooperate in any manner requested by the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative; and        (2)    subject to subsection (b) of this section, allow the use of its equipment, facilities, and personnel if the use is required by the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative.    (b)    The use of equipment, facilities, and personnel under subsection (a)(2) of this section may not substantially interfere with the normal duties of a law enforcement agency, fire company, or rescue squad located outside an area designated by the Governor as an emergency area.    (c)    (1)    Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, if the Governor proclaims that a state of emergency exists, the Department of State Police may take any action it considers necessary to assist local law enforcement agencies.        (2)    Any action that the Department of State Police takes under this subsection shall be reasonably calculated effectively to control and terminate the public emergency.    (d)    A law enforcement agency of a county or municipal corporation shall notify the Secretary of State Police if the local law enforcement agency receives notice of a threatened or actual disturbance that indicates the possibility of serious domestic violence.    (e)    Except as provided in § 14-306 of this subtitle, each law enforcement agency, fire company, or rescue squad of the State, a county, or municipal corporation within an emergency area shall operate under the direction of the person designated by order of the Governor.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-306 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3 - Governor's Emergency Powers|Section 14-306 - Militia

    (a)    In this section, “militia” means the organized and unorganized militia as described in § 13-203 of this article.    (b)    If the Governor proclaims that a state of emergency exists, the Governor may call the militia into action.    (c)    (1)    The militia shall have full power and responsibility for the area designated by the Governor as an emergency area.        (2)    Each law enforcement agency, law enforcement official, fire company, and rescue squad in the emergency area, including the Department of State Police, shall cooperate with the militia and operate under its direction.    (d)    The chief executive officer or governing body of a county or municipal corporation may request the Governor to provide the militia to help bring under control conditions existing within the county or municipal corporation that, in the requestor’s judgment, the local law enforcement agencies cannot control without additional personnel.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-307 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3 - Governor's Emergency Powers|Section 14-307 - General Cessation of Business During Emergency; Closing of Banking Institution

    (a)    In this section, “emergency” includes an emergency that results from fire, flood, riot, robbery, weather, or other cause.    (b)    If an emergency exists in a political subdivision, the Governor may proclaim a day for the general cessation of business in that political subdivision.    (c)    If an emergency exists as to a banking institution, the Governor:        (1)    may proclaim a day on which the banking institution may remain closed; and        (2)    shall limit the proclamation to the principal banking office and branch offices of the banking institution that the emergency affects.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-308 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3 - Governor's Emergency Powers|Section 14-308 - Duty of State to Repair Damaged Property

    The State shall repair or replace any equipment, facilities, or property that is damaged while being used in accordance with the proclamation of a state of emergency.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-309 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3 - Governor's Emergency Powers|Section 14-309 - Prohibited Acts; Penalties

    (a)    A person may not violate this subtitle or an order, rule, or regulation promulgated under this subtitle.    (b)    In meeting the requirements of an order, rule, or regulation promulgated under this subtitle or in applying for a service or benefit provided by the State in the allocation or assignment of energy supplies, a person may not willfully:        (1)    conceal a material fact;        (2)    make a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or        (3)    use a false writing or document that contains a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement.    (c)    (1)    A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.        (2)    A violation of the Maryland Vehicle Law for which a penalty is provided is not subject to the penalties of this section.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-3A-01 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3A - Governor's Health Emergency Powers|Section 14-3A-01 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Catastrophic health emergency” means a situation in which extensive loss of life or serious disability is threatened imminently because of exposure to a deadly agent.    (c)    “Deadly agent” means:        (1)    anthrax, ebola, plague, smallpox, tularemia, or other bacterial, fungal, rickettsial, or viral agent, biological toxin, or other biological agent capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability;        (2)    mustard gas, nerve gas, or other chemical agent capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability; or        (3)    radiation at levels capable of causing extensive loss of life or serious disability.    (d)    “Exposure to a deadly agent” means a threat to human health caused by the release, distribution, or transmission of a deadly agent in:        (1)    this State; or        (2)    another jurisdiction because of movement into the State of the deadly agent or of individuals exposed to the deadly agent.    (e)    “Health care provider” means:        (1)    a health care facility as defined in § 19–114(d)(1) of the Health – General Article;        (2)    a health care practitioner as defined in § 19–114(e) of the Health – General Article; and        (3)    an individual licensed or certified as an emergency medical services provider under § 13–516 of the Education Article.    (f)    “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-3A-02 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3A - Governor's Health Emergency Powers|Section 14-3A-02 - Governor's Proclamation

    (a)    If the Governor determines that a catastrophic health emergency exists, the Governor may issue a proclamation under this subtitle.    (b)    The proclamation shall indicate:        (1)    the nature of the catastrophic health emergency;        (2)    the areas threatened or affected; and        (3)    the conditions that:            (i)    led to the catastrophic health emergency; or            (ii)    made possible the termination of the emergency.    (c)    (1)    The Governor shall rescind a proclamation issued under this section whenever the Governor determines that the catastrophic health emergency no longer exists.        (2)    Unless renewed, the proclamation expires 30 days after issuance.        (3)    The Governor may renew the proclamation for successive periods, each not to exceed 30 days, if the Governor determines that a catastrophic health emergency continues to exist.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-3A-03 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3A - Governor's Health Emergency Powers|Section 14-3A-03 - Governor's Orders

    (a)    After the Governor issues a proclamation under this subtitle, the Governor may issue the orders authorized in this section.    (b)    (1)    The Governor may order the Secretary or other designated official to:            (i)    seize immediately anything needed to respond to the medical consequences of the catastrophic health emergency; and            (ii)    work collaboratively, to the extent feasible, with health care providers to designate and gain access to a facility needed to respond to the catastrophic health emergency.        (2)    The Governor may order the Secretary or other designated official to control, restrict, or regulate the use, sale, dispensing, distribution, or transportation of anything needed to respond to the medical consequences of the catastrophic health emergency by:            (i)    rationing or using quotas;            (ii)    creating and distributing stockpiles;            (iii)    prohibiting shipments;            (iv)    setting prices; or            (v)    taking other appropriate actions.        (3)    If medically necessary and reasonable to treat, prevent, or reduce the spread of the disease or outbreak believed to have been caused by the exposure to a deadly agent, the Governor may order the Secretary or other designated official to:            (i)    require individuals to submit to medical examination or testing;            (ii)    require individuals to submit to vaccination or medical treatment unless the vaccination or treatment likely will cause serious harm to the individual;            (iii)    establish places of treatment, isolation, and quarantine; or            (iv)    require individuals to go to and remain in places of isolation or quarantine until the Secretary or other designated official determines that the individuals no longer pose a substantial risk of transmitting the disease or condition to the public.    (c)    The Governor may order any health care provider, who does not voluntarily participate, to participate in disease surveillance, treatment, and suppression efforts or otherwise comply with the directives of the Secretary or other designated official.    (d)    (1)    The Governor may order the evacuation, closing, or decontamination of any facility.        (2)    If necessary and reasonable to save lives or prevent exposure to a deadly agent, the Governor may order individuals to remain indoors or refrain from congregating.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-3A-04 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3A - Governor's Health Emergency Powers|Section 14-3A-04 - Isolation or Quarantine After Refusal to Be Tested or Treated

    The Secretary may require an individual to go to and remain in a place of isolation or quarantine until the Secretary determines that the individual no longer poses a substantial risk of transmitting a disease or condition to the public if the individual:         (1)    is a competent adult; and        (2)    refuses an order under § 14-3A-03(b)(3) of this subtitle for:            (i)    vaccination;            (ii)    medical examination;            (iii)    treatment; or            (iv)    testing.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-3A-06 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3A - Governor's Health Emergency Powers|Section 14-3A-06 - Immunity

    A health care provider is immune from civil or criminal liability if the health care provider acts in good faith and under a catastrophic health emergency proclamation.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-3A-07 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3A - Governor's Health Emergency Powers|Section 14-3A-07 - Construction

    The authority granted under this subtitle is in addition to, and not in derogation of, any other authority that the Governor, the Secretary, or any other public official may exercise under other law.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-3A-08 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 3A - Governor's Health Emergency Powers|Section 14-3A-08 - Failure to Comply

    (a)    (1)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not knowingly and willfully fail to comply with an order, requirement, or directive issued under this subtitle.        (2)    A person who violates paragraph (1) of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $5,000 or both.    (b)    (1)    A health care practitioner, as defined in § 19–114(e) of the Health – General Article, may not knowingly and willfully fail to comply with § 14–3A–03(c) of this subtitle.        (2)    A health care practitioner who fails to comply with paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be subject to discipline under § 1–219 of the Health Occupations Article.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-401 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 4 - Other Emergency Powers and Provisions|Section 14-401 - "Local Governing Body" Defined

    In this subtitle, “local governing body” means:         (1)    a board of county commissioners;        (2)    a county council; or        (3)    the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-402 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 4 - Other Emergency Powers and Provisions|Section 14-402 - Majority of Local Governing Body Killed, Sick, or Unavailable

    (a)    The powers in this section may be exercised only during the effective period of an official proclamation by the Governor that declares all or part of the county to be in an actual or threatened emergency area.    (b)    If a majority of the members of the local governing body of a county are killed or are sick, incapacitated, missing, or otherwise unavailable for a temporary or indefinite period because of a military or warlike catastrophe, the Governor may exercise the administrative and executive powers of that local governing body until the number of members of the local governing body sufficient to operate the county government are appointed and qualify.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-403 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 4 - Other Emergency Powers and Provisions|Section 14-403 - Executive Officer Killed, Sick, or Unavailable

    (a)    In this section, “executive officer” means the mayor or comparable official of the legislative body of a municipal corporation of the State.    (b)    The powers in this section may be exercised only during the effective period of an official proclamation by the Governor that declares all or part of the municipal corporation to be in an actual or threatened emergency area.    (c)    (1)    If an executive officer is killed or is sick, incapacitated, missing, or otherwise unavailable for a temporary or indefinite period because of a military or warlike catastrophe, and the municipal corporation is unable to fill that vacancy for a temporary or indefinite period, the local governing body of the county in which the municipal corporation is located may appoint an individual to fill the vacancy for a temporary or indefinite period.        (2)    If the vacancy is in a municipal corporation that is located in more than one county:            (i)    the local governing body of any of the counties in which part of the municipal corporation is located may appoint an individual to fill the vacancy; or            (ii)    the local governing bodies of the counties may agree to appoint an individual to fill the vacancy.    (d)    To the extent possible, each appointee shall have the qualifications required for the particular office to which appointed.    (e)    Each appointee may exercise the powers and prerogatives of an officer elected to the position.    (f)    Each appointee shall hold office until:        (1)    the executive officer originally holding the position returns to the position; or        (2)    the position is filled by the regular election and qualification of a successor.    (g)    Under the circumstances described in this section, the Governor may exercise the executive and administrative powers of the municipal government until the number of individuals sufficient to operate the municipal government are appointed and qualified as executive officers.