EXECUTIVE ORDERS

personnel, or other appropriate local personnel,
to obtain information concerning existing
conditions, and shall evaluate the information to
determine whether an emergency condition exists.

6.  Limitation on Time Period

The individuals enumerated in Subsections
1-4 may not grant emergency release time
exceeding one normally scheduled work day per
emergency unless authorized by the Governor.

7.  Evacuation in Acute Emergencies

Nothing contained in this Order precludes
the necessary, immediate evacuation of a facility
by an individual in a supervisory capacity in the
interest of personal safety.

Administration

1.  Responsibility of Cabinet Secretaries and
other State Agency Heads

The administration of this Order is the
responsibility of the several cabinet secretaries
and other heads of State agencies, except as set
forth in Section C above.

2.  Extreme Weather Conditions

If extreme weather conditions appear to
cause dangerous traffic or highway conditions,
agency heads shall contact the Secretary of
Transportation or his designee for a
determination of whether, in his or her judgment,
there exists an emergency sufficient to warrant a
declaration of an emergency condition and the
granting of emergency release time to affected
employees.

3.  Fires and Physical Plant Failures

If a fire or a physical plant failure in
the Baltimore or Annapolis State Office Building
Complex appears to cause an emergency condition,
agency heads shall contact the Secretary of
General Services or his designee for a
determination of whether, in his or her judgment,
there exists an emergency sufficient to warrant a
declaration of emergency condition and the
granting of emergency release time to affected