2094

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 505

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In order to provide for, strengthen, and expedite
[civil defense and] national defense under the emergency
conditions which are threatening the peace and security of
the United States and of this State and to enable this State
the more successfully to fulfill the requirements of [civil
defense and] national defense, provision is made to suspend
enforcement of civil liabilities, in certain cases of
persons in [civil defense] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL
DEFENSE service in order to enable such persons to devote
their entire energy to the [civil defense and defense]
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE needs of the State
and nation; and in certain cases of persons who have
suffered personal injury or property damage in order to
enable such persons to devote their entire energy to the
cure or improvement of the injuries or damage suffered; and
to this end the following provisions are made for the
temporary suspension of legal proceedings and transactions
which may prejudice the civil rights of persons in such
service during the period herein specified over which this
subtitle remains in force.

14.

(a)  The term "person in [civil defense] EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE service" in this subtitle means
a person who is a member of or who works for the State
[civil defense and disaster preparedness] EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL DEFENSE organization or a local [civil
defense and disaster preparedness] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
CIVIL DEFENSE organization.

(b)  The term "person suffering injury or damage" in
this subtitle means a person who has suffered a death in his
immediate family, serious personal injury to himself or a
member of his immediate family, or extensive property damage
to property owned by him or by a member of his immediate
family.

(c)  The definitions in subsections (a) and (b) apply
and [the] THIS entire subtitle is effective and applicable
only during the effective period of an official proclamation
by the Governor which declares a stated area to be within [a
civil defense] AN emergency or disaster area, actual or
threatened.

(e) The term "person" when used in this subtitle with
reference to the holder of any right alleged to exist
against a person in [civil defense] EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND
CIVIL DEFENSE service or a person suffering injury or damage
or against a person secondarily liable under such right,
includes individuals, partnerships, corporations, and any
other forms of business association.

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