Ch. 5

2003 LAWS OF MARYLAND

the substance of former Art. 16A, § 14(c), which stated that the definitions
in former § 14(a) and (b) applied only during the period when the Governor
proclaimed a stated area to be within an emergency or disaster area. See §
14-203 of this subtitle.

In items (2) and (3)(iii) of this subsection, the former reference to
"property" damage to property is deleted as redundant.

REVISOR'S NOTE TO SECTION:

Former Art. 16A, § 14(e), which defined "person" to include individuals,
partnerships, corporations, and other forms of business associations, is
deleted as duplicative of the definition in § 1-101 of this article. In
. addition, the term "person" is not used throughout this subtitle only with
reference to "the holder of any right alleged to exist" against a person in
emergency management service or a person suffering injury or damage.
The former definition therefore was too limited and is deleted for that
reason as well.

14-202. LEGISLATIVE POLICY.

(A)     PURPOSES OF SUBTITLE.

THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE ARE:

(1)      TO PROVIDE FOR, STRENGTHEN, AND EXPEDITE NATIONAL DEFENSE
WHEN EMERGENCY CONDITIONS THREATEN THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE
UNITED STATES AND THE STATE; AND

(2)      TO ENABLE THE STATE TO FULFILL MORE SUCCESSFULLY THE
REQUIREMENTS OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.

(B)     EFFECTS OF SUBTITLE.

TO ACHIEVE THESE PURPOSES, THIS SUBTITLE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS:

(1)      ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES AGAINST PERSONS IN
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICE TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVOTE THEIR ENTIRE
ENERGY TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NEEDS OF THE STATE AND THE UNITED
STATES;

(2)      ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES AGAINST PERSONS SUFFERING
INJURY OR DAMAGE TO ENABLE THEM TO DEVOTE THEIR ENTIRE ENERGY TO THE
CURE OR IMPROVEMENT OF THE INJURIES OR DAMAGE SUFFERED; AND

(3)      LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS THAT MAY PREJUDICE
THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSONS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICE OR PERSONS
SUFFERING INJURY OR DAMAGE DURING THE EMERGENCY PERIOD TO WHICH THIS
SUBTITLE IS APPLICABLE.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section is new language derived without substantive
change from former Art. 16A, § 13.

In subsection (b)(1) of this section, the reference to the "United States" is

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