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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="14-108" title_number="14" title_name="Emergency Management" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Maryland Emergency Management Act">
  <level label="a">
    <text>After a state of emergency is declared in another state and the Governor receives a written request for assistance from the executive authority of that state, the Governor may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>authorize use in the other state of personnel, equipment, supplies, or materials of this State, or of a political subdivision with the consent of the executive officer or governing body of the political subdivision; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>suspend the effect of any statute or rule or regulation of an agency of the State or, after consulting with the executive officer or governing body of a political subdivision, a rule or regulation of an agency of a political subdivision, if the Governor finds that the suspension is necessary to aid the other state with its emergency management functions.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Governor shall authorize the use of resources or the suspension of the effect of any statute, rule, or regulation under subsection (a) of this section by executive order.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An executive order issued under this section may not continue for longer than 30 days unless the Governor renews the executive order.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Each executive order issued under this section shall indicate:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the nature of the emergency in the other state; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any circumstances that make suspension of a statute, rule, or regulation necessary to aid the other state with its emergency management functions.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Each executive order shall be:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>disseminated promptly by means calculated to publicize its contents; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>filed promptly with:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>the Department;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>the State Archives; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>each agency of the State or a political subdivision that is authorized by the order to use resources in the other state or responsible for the enforcement of any provisions that are suspended by the executive order.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
