Ch. 110

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-618(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 10-618(j)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1999 Replacement Volume and 2002 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

10-618.

(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, if a custodian believes that inspection of
a part of a public record by the applicant would be contrary to the public interest, the
custodian may deny inspection by the applicant of that part, as provided in this
section.

(j) (1) Subject to paragraph (2) PARAGRAPHS (2), (3), AND (4) of this
subsection, a custodian may deny inspection of:

(i) response procedures or plans prepared to prevent or respond to
emergency situations, the disclosure of which would reveal vulnerability assessments,
specific tactics, specific emergency procedures, or specific security procedures;

(ii) 1. building plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, diagrams,
operational manuals, or other records of airports and other mass transit facilities,
bridges, tunnels, emergency response facilities or structures, buildings where
hazardous materials are stored, arenas, stadiums, and waste and water systems, AND
ANY OTHER BUILDING, STRUCTURE, OR FACILITY, the disclosure of which would
reveal the building's [or], structure's OR FACILITY'S internal layout, specific location,
life, safety, and support systems, structural elements, surveillance techniques, alarm
or security systems or technologies, operational and transportation plans or protocols,
or personnel deployments; or

2. records of any other building [or], structure, OR FACILITY
[owned or operated by the State or any of its political subdivisions], the disclosure of
which would reveal the building's [or], structure's, OR FACILITY'S life, safety, and
support systems, surveillance techniques, alarm or security systems or technologies,
operational and evacuation plans or protocols, or personnel deployments; or

(iii) records prepared to prevent or respond to emergency situations
identifying or describing the name, location, pharmaceutical cache, contents, capacity,

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