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MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-404 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 4 - Other Emergency Powers and Provisions|Section 14-404 - Member of Governing Body of Tax District Killed, Sick, or Unavailable

    (a)    In this section, “tax district” includes:        (1)    a special tax area;        (2)    a special tax district;        (3)    a sanitary district; and        (4)    a water district.    (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 tax district to be in an actual or threatened emergency area.    (c)    If a majority of the members of the governing body of a tax district in the State are killed or are sick, incapacitated, missing, or otherwise unavailable for a temporary or indefinite period because of a military or warlike catastrophe, and the tax district is unable to function normally for a temporary or indefinite period, the Governor may exercise the executive and administrative powers of the tax district until the number of members of the governing body of the tax district sufficient to operate the governing body are appointed and qualified in accordance with the procedures of the governing body.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-405 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 4 - Other Emergency Powers and Provisions|Section 14-405 - Powers of Local Governing Body During Military or Warlike Catastrophe

    (a)    (1)    If there is serious human suffering, death, personal injury, or property damage in a county because of a military or warlike catastrophe, the local governing body has the powers granted in this section.        (2)    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)    The local governing body may borrow money or contract for materials or services on the faith and credit of the county.    (c)    (1)    To pay for the money borrowed or the materials or services contracted for under subsection (b) of this section, the local governing body may issue bonds, notes, or other certificates of indebtedness on the faith and credit of the county to a person or governmental unit that lends the money or supplies the materials or services.        (2)    The local governing body may set the terms, conditions, rate of interest, and provisions for repayment of the bonds, notes, or other certificates of indebtedness issued under this subsection.    (d)    The local governing body may impose a special levy on taxable property in the county in an amount sufficient to:        (1)    pay for the money borrowed or the materials and services contracted for under subsection (b) of this section; and        (2)    make all payments of principal and interest on the bonds, notes, or other certificates of indebtedness issued under subsection (c) of this section that are outstanding.    (e)    Money, materials, or services obtained under subsection (b) of this section may be secured, expended, or used in cooperation with other governmental units on a matching basis or otherwise as determined by the local governing body.    (f)    Any legal restrictions or delaying procedures are waived and may be disregarded by the local governing body as to:        (1)    the purchase, lease, or rental of materials and equipment;        (2)    the securing and hiring of personal services;        (3)    the face value of notes, bonds, or other certificates of indebtedness that may be issued and outstanding; or        (4)    the rate of taxation that may be imposed.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-406 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 4 - Other Emergency Powers and Provisions|Section 14-406 - Effective Period of Laws, Ordinances, Resolutions, and Regulations

    (a)    Each law, ordinance, resolution, or regulation of the State, a political subdivision of the State, or a unit of State or local government that relates to or concerns an actual or threatened emergency or military or warlike catastrophe may be applied during the effective period of an official proclamation by the Governor that declares all or part of the particular area to be in an actual or threatened emergency area.    (b)    This section does not qualify or reduce the powers of emergency management agencies that are effective without the existence of an emergency or proclamation by the Governor.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-601 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 6 - Interstate Emergency Management and Civil Defense Compact|Section 14-601 - Preamble

    WHEREAS, the Congress of the United States of America has enacted the procedure for granting its consent to emergency management and civil defense compacts by an act entitled “Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950” (Public Law 920, 81st Congress, Second Session, approved January 12, 1951); and    WHEREAS, the State of Maryland contemplates entering into emergency management and civil defense compacts with other states, possessions and territories of the United States and with the District of Columbia, substantially in the form following:
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-603 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 6 - Interstate Emergency Management and Civil Defense Compact|Section 14-603 - Authority of Governor to Enter Into and Execute Compact; Alterations; Ratification

    The Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into and execute, on behalf of the State of Maryland, such emergency management and civil defense compacts with other states, possessions or territories of the United States or with the District of Columbia, substantially in the form hereinbefore set forth, provided that the Board of Public Works, with the concurrence of the Director of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency, may approve alterations of the terms, provisions and conditions of the aforesaid proposed emergency management and civil defense compact so long as said alterations are in substantial compliance with the terms, provisions and conditions hereinbefore set forth and when the Governor, in the exercise of the power as aforesaid, enters into and executes an emergency management and civil defense compact on behalf of the State of Maryland, said compact is hereby approved and ratified and every paragraph, clause, provision, matter and thing in the said compact contained shall be obligatory on this State and the citizens thereof, and shall be forever faithfully and inviolably observed, and kept by the government of this State and all of its citizens according to the true intent and meaning of the said compact.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-604 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 6 - Interstate Emergency Management and Civil Defense Compact|Section 14-604 - Secretary of State to Transmit Copies of Compacts

    The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to prepare and transmit duly authenticated copies of such compacts and of this act to the governor of each state entering into such compact, the President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Federal Emergency Management Agency Director, the Secretary of State of the United States, and the Council of State Governments.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-605 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 6 - Interstate Emergency Management and Civil Defense Compact|Section 14-605 - Severability

    If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this subtitle shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional and invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or section thereof so found unconstitutional and invalid.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-701 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 7 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact|Section 14-701 - Participation With Other Jurisdictions

    The Emergency Management Assistance Compact is entered into with all other jurisdictions which adopt the Compact in a form substantially as the Compact appears in § 14-702 of this subtitle.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-801 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact|Section 14-801 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Authorized representative” means an employee of a local jurisdiction authorized by the senior elected official of that jurisdiction to request, offer, or provide assistance under the terms of the Compact.    (c)    “Compact” means the Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact.    (d)    (1)    “Emergency responder” means an individual who is sent or directed by a party jurisdiction in response to a request for assistance by another party jurisdiction.        (2)    “Emergency responder” includes a:            (i)    career or volunteer firefighter of a fire, rescue, or emergency medical services entity;            (ii)    career or volunteer emergency medical services provider, as defined in § 13–516 of the Education Article, within this State;            (iii)    career or volunteer rescue squad member of a fire, rescue, or emergency medical services entity;            (iv)    county or municipal employee who is performing an emergency support function described in § 14–803(2)(b)(5)(i) of this subtitle; and            (v)    law enforcement officer as defined in § 3–101 of this article.    (e)    “Jurisdictions” means the 23 counties within Maryland, Baltimore City, the City of Annapolis, the City of Laurel, and Ocean City.    (f)    “Party jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction that enacts the Compact in a form substantially similar to the Compact set forth in this subtitle.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-802 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 8 - Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact|Section 14-802 - Participation With Other Jurisdictions

    The Maryland Intrastate Emergency Management Assistance Compact is entered into with all other jurisdictions that adopt the Compact in a form substantially similar to the Compact set forth in this subtitle.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-8A-01 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 8A - National Capital Region Mutual Aid Agreements|Section 14-8A-01 - Definitions

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.    (b)    “Governing body” means:        (1)    the county executive and county council of a charter county with a county executive;        (2)    the county council of a charter county with no county executive;        (3)    the board of county commissioners of a county; or        (4)    the mayor and council, by whatever name known, of a municipal corporation.    (c)    “National Capital Region” means the area defined under § 2674(f)(2) of Title 10 of the United States Code, including those counties with a border abutting that area and any municipal corporations in those counties.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-8A-02 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 8A - National Capital Region Mutual Aid Agreements|Section 14-8A-02 - In General

    The state, the governing body of a county or municipal corporation, or any other governmental agency within the National Capital Region may enter into a reciprocal agreement for the period that it considers advisable with a federal agency, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the District of Columbia, or a county or municipal corporation, within or outside the state, and establish, train, and implement plans to request or provide mutual aid through the use of its officers, employees, and agents, together with all necessary equipment, in accordance with § 7302 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (108 P.L. 458, 118 Stat. 3638).
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-8A-03 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 8A - National Capital Region Mutual Aid Agreements|Section 14-8A-03 - Local Provisions Requiring Additional Terms Inapplicable

    Any provision or part of a state, local, or municipal corporation statute, law, or ordinance that requires a mutual aid agreement to contain additional terms or conditions is inapplicable to an agreement authorized by and entered into under this subtitle.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-901 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 9 - Compulsory Work During State of War|Section 14-901 - Scope of Subtitle

    This subtitle does not apply to:         (1)    students;        (2)    individuals who are preparing themselves to engage in trade or industrial pursuits;        (3)    individuals who are temporarily unemployed because of differences with their employers; and        (4)    individuals who are engaged or employed in a seasonal business, trade, or occupation in Baltimore City or Allegany County.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-902 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 9 - Compulsory Work During State of War|Section 14-902 - Appointment or Employment of Assistants

    To carry out this subtitle, the Governor may appoint or employ assistants and use any available and appropriate agencies.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-903 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 9 - Compulsory Work During State of War|Section 14-903 - Registration for Work

    (a)    (1)    The Governor by proclamation may require that each able-bodied individual in the State between 18 and 50 years old, inclusive, who is not regularly or continuously employed or engaged in a lawful and useful business, occupation, trade, or profession immediately register for work under this subtitle.        (2)    The Governor may require registration for work under paragraph (1) of this subsection if the Governor determines that because of a state of war:            (i)    it is necessary for the protection and welfare of the people of the State that those individuals work in agricultural, industrial, or other occupations carried on by the State, a county, or a private employer;            (ii)    the occupations specified in item (i) of this paragraph are essential for the protection and welfare of the people of the State and the United States; and            (iii)    the occupations specified in item (i) of this paragraph cannot be carried on as required for the protection and welfare of the people of this State and the United States without resort to this subtitle.    (b)    Individuals who are self-supporting because of income or ownership of property and individuals who are supported by others shall be required to register under this subtitle.    (c)    (1)    Each individual required to register under this section shall register with the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the individual resides.        (2)    The individual shall provide to the clerk the individual’s name, address, age, and any other information that the Governor requires.    (d)    On request of the Governor, the clerk of the circuit court shall provide the Governor with the information obtained under subsection (c)(2) of this section.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-904 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 9 - Compulsory Work During State of War|Section 14-904 - Assignment to Work

    (a)    The Governor shall assign or cause to be assigned and, if necessary, reassign or cause to be reassigned, for a period not exceeding 6 continuous months for each individual at one time, individuals who have registered under § 14-903 of this subtitle to the occupations described in § 14-903(a) of this subtitle if the employers accept the services of these individuals.    (b)    Each individual assigned to work under subsection (a) of this section shall be physically able to perform the work to which the individual is assigned.    (c)    (1)    In determining the duration and nature of the work to which an individual is assigned, the Governor shall consider the age, physical condition, and any other appropriate circumstances of the individual.        (2)    An individual may not be required to work under this subtitle a greater number of hours per day than lawfully constitutes a day’s work in the occupation to which the individual is assigned.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-905 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 9 - Compulsory Work During State of War|Section 14-905 - Rules and Regulations of Governor

    As soon as the Governor issues a proclamation under § 14-903 of this subtitle, the Governor shall prepare and publish rules and regulations to govern the assignment of individuals to work under this subtitle that:         (1)    ensure that all individuals similarly situated shall be treated alike to the extent possible; and        (2)    make allowances for the age, physical condition, and other appropriate circumstances of individuals assigned to work under this subtitle.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-906 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 9 - Compulsory Work During State of War|Section 14-906 - Compensation

    (a)    Each individual required to work under this subtitle is entitled to compensation not less than the compensation paid to others for the same work.    (b)    If an individual is assigned to work for a unit of the State, the compensation of the individual shall be paid by the unit out of the appropriation made to it by the State.    (c)    If an individual is assigned to work for a county, the compensation of the individual shall be paid by the county.    (d)    (1)    If an individual is assigned to work for a private employer, the compensation of the individual shall be paid by the private employer.        (2)    Each private employer shall execute a bond to the State in the penalty and with the surety that the Governor approves, conditioned to guarantee the payment of compensation due to individuals assigned to work for the private employer.        (3)    (i)    If a private employer fails to pay the compensation due to an individual under this subsection, the compensation shall be paid by the State.            (ii)    If money is appropriated for the purpose specified in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph:                1.    payment shall be made on the order of the executive committee of the Maryland Council of Defense with the approval of the Governor;                2.    the order shall be directed to the Comptroller; and                3.    the Comptroller shall draw a warrant on the Treasurer for the amount of payment as provided by law.        (4)    If the State compensates an individual under this subsection, the employer’s bond shall be in default and shall be put into suit by the State.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-907 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 9 - Compulsory Work During State of War|Section 14-907 - Failure to Register for Work

    (a)    An individual may not fail to register under this subtitle.    (b)    An individual who violates subsection (a) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $50.    (c)    After the Governor issues a proclamation under this subtitle, the county sheriffs, the police department of Baltimore City, and any other officer of the State, a county, or municipal corporation charged with enforcing the law shall:        (1)    seek diligently the names and addresses of able-bodied individuals within their respective jurisdictions who are between 18 and 50 years old, inclusive, and not regularly or continuously employed or engaged in a lawful and useful occupation and who have failed to register under this subtitle; and        (2)    obtain criminal summonses or warrants from a District Court commissioner for the arrest of individuals described in item (1) of this subsection.    (d)    The District Court shall send the name of each individual convicted of failing to register and the information specified in subsection (c)(1) of this section to the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the individual resides.    (e)    The circuit court clerks shall register each individual convicted of failing to register under this subtitle and report the registration to the Governor in accordance with § 14-903 of this subtitle.    (f)    The Governor shall assign each individual registered under subsection (e) of this section to work as provided in § 14-904 of this subtitle.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-908 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 9 - Compulsory Work During State of War|Section 14-908 - Failure to Work

    (a)    An individual may not fail to do the work assigned to the individual unless the individual becomes regularly or continuously employed in a business, occupation, profession, or trade.    (b)    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 $500 or both.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-1001 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 10 - Riots|Section 14-1001 - Liability of County or Municipal Corporation for Damages

    (a)    In this section, “structure” means:        (1)    a church, chapel, or convent;        (2)    a dwelling;        (3)    a building used or designed as a place to transact business or store property;        (4)    a barn, stable, or other outbuilding; or        (5)    a ship, shipyard, or lumberyard.    (b)    Subject to § 14-1002 of this subtitle, if a structure or personal property is stolen, damaged, or destroyed in a riot, the injured party may recover actual damages sustained in a civil action against the county or municipal corporation of the State in which the riot occurred.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-1002 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 10 - Riots|Section 14-1002 - Conditions of Liability

    (a)    A county or municipal corporation is not liable under § 14-1001 of this subtitle for theft, damage, or destruction that occurs in a riot unless the authorities of the county or municipal corporation:        (1)    had good reason to believe that the riot was about to take place or, having taken place, had notice of the riot in time to prevent the theft, damage, or destruction; and        (2)    had the ability, either by use of the county’s or municipal corporation’s police or with the aid of the residents of the county or municipal corporation, to prevent the theft, damage, or destruction.    (b)    A person may not recover damages from a county or municipal corporation under § 14-1001 of this subtitle if it is satisfactorily proved that the authorities of the county or municipal corporation, and the residents of the county or municipal corporation when called on by the authorities, used reasonable diligence and all the powers entrusted to them to prevent or suppress the riot.
MD. Public Safety Code Ann. §  14-1003 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Public Safety|Title 14 - Emergency Management|Subtitle 10 - Riots|Section 14-1003 - Limitation

    An action for damages under § 14-1001 of this subtitle shall be filed within 3 years after the date it accrues.