Sec. 6-137. Assistance from Governor or State agencies

County Executive or his successor may inform the Governor of the State, or his duly authorized agent, that a disaster is threatened or has occurred and may request the Governor to declare a portion or all of the County as an emergency management or disaster area. The County Executive shall be authorized to request the Governor to declare the County in a state of emergency pursuant to Section 6A, Article 16A, Annotated Code of Maryland, and to request the assistance of the State Police, or request the Governor to call for a State militia to restore the peace and order of the County.