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<section article="gps" article_name="Public Safety" number="14-1203" title_number="14" title_name="Emergency Management" subtitle_number="12" subtitle_name="Office of Resilience">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Office of Resilience shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>coordinate and administer federal prevention, protection, mitigation, and recovery–focused programs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>administer State mitigation grants and loans;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>identify flood risk assessment tools for use by programs and projects statewide;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>administer other programs as directed by the Secretary and the Chief Resilience Officer;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>prioritize vulnerable communities and ensure that investments are made with a focus on environmental justice; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions to support the development of local resiliency plans.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On or before January 1, 2024, and each January 1 thereafter, the Office of Resilience shall report to the State Treasurer, the Governor, and, in accordance with § 2–1257 of the State Government Article, the General Assembly on the current status and efficacy of State and local resiliency efforts.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The report shall include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a summary of the activity of the Office of Resilience during the previous calendar year;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>recommendations based on information gathered by the Maryland Department of the Environment and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>plans to increase resiliency in the State for the next year, 2 years, 5 years, and 10 years, including potential funding sources for the plans.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
