Ch. 5                                        2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(1)      EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER OR PROCLAMATION THAT DECLARES OR
TERMINATES A STATE OF EMERGENCY SHALL INDICATE:

(I)      THE NATURE OF THE EMERGENCY;

(II)     THE AREA THREATENED; AND

(III)   THE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY OR THAT MAKE POSSIBLE THE TERMINATION OF THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY.

(2)      EACH EXECUTIVE ORDER OR PROCLAMATION SHALL BE:

(I) DISSEMINATED PROMPTLY BY MEANS CALCULATED TO
PUBLICIZE ITS CONTENTS; AND

" (II) UNLESS PREVENTED OR IMPEDED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THE EMERGENCY, FILED PROMPTLY WITH:

1.       MEMA;

2.       THE STATE ARCHIVES; AND

3.       THE CHIEF LOCAL RECORDS-KEEPING AGENCY IN THE
AREA TO WHICH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OR PROCLAMATION APPLIES.

(C)     RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTOR; EFFECT OF DECLARATION.

(1)      AFTER THE GOVERNOR DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY, THE
DIRECTOR SHALL COORDINATE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AGENCIES OF THE STATE
AND OF THOSE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDED IN THE DECLARATION IN ALL
ACTIONS THAT SERVE TO PREVENT OR ALLEVIATE THE ILL EFFECTS OF THE
IMMINENT OR ACTUAL EMERGENCY.

(2)      AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR PROCLAMATION THAT DECLARES A STATE
OF EMERGENCY:

(I)      ACTIVATES THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
ASPECTS OF THE STATE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY PLANS APPLICABLE TO THE
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR AREA COVERED BY THE DECLARATION; AND

(II)     IS AUTHORITY FOR:

1.       THE DEPLOYMENT AND USE OF RESOURCES TO WHICH
THE STATE OR LOCAL PLANS APPLY; AND

2.       THE USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT,
MATERIALS, AND FACILITIES ASSEMBLED, STOCKPILED, OR ARRANGED TO BE MADE
AVAILABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBTITLE OR ANY OTHER LAW THAT
RELATES TO EMERGENCIES.

(D)     OTHER ACTIONS BY GOVERNOR

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