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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="14-110" title_number="14" title_name="Emergency Management" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Maryland Emergency Management Act">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each county shall:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>prepare an Emergency Preparedness Plan for responding to an emergency that involves hazardous materials or controlled hazardous substances, as defined in the Environment Article; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>review the Plan annually and submit any changes to the Secretary so that the Secretary may maintain current and accurate information about the Plan.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each county shall submit its Emergency Preparedness Plan to the Secretary on or before October 1, 1998.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A local organization for emergency management shall submit to the Secretary a radiological emergency response plan if the political subdivision in which the local organization for emergency management is located:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>falls within the plume or ingestion zone of a commercial nuclear reactor; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>might reasonably be expected to host evacuees from another jurisdiction in a plume or ingestion zone.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The radiological emergency response plan shall provide for the evacuation of the residents of the political subdivision as a result of an emergency caused by a dangerous release of radiation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
