Maryland HB 990: Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer of Maryland 9–1–1 Board

Bill Text

LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 287

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Chapter 287
(House Bill 990)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Department of Emergency Management – Establishment and Transfer
of Maryland 9–1–1 Board

FOR the purpose of transferring the Maryland 9–1–1 Board and certain functions, powers,
duties, assets, liabilities, and records from the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services to the Maryland Department of Emergency Management;
providing that certain Board members may continue to serve for a certain term;
transferring certain functions, powers, and duties from the Secretary of Public Safety
and Correctional Services to the Secretary of Emergency Management; renaming the
Maryland Emergency Management Agency to be the Maryland Department of
Emergency Management; establishing the Maryland Department of Emergency
Management as a principal department of the Executive Branch of State
government; providing that the head of the Maryland Department of Emergency
Management is the Secretary of Emergency Management; requiring the Secretary of
Emergency Management to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Senate; providing for the term and salary of the Secretary of
Emergency Management and requiring the Secretary of Emergency Management to
devote full time to certain duties; specifying that the Maryland Department of
Emergency Management is the successor of the Maryland Emergency Management
Agency; providing that this Act does not affect the term of office of an appointed or
elected member of any commission, office, department, agency, or other unit;
providing for the continuity of certain transactions, employment status, rights,
duties, and interests; specifying that certain employees in budgeted positions of the
Maryland Emergency Management Agency or the Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services whose positions are transferred to the Maryland Department
of Emergency Management are transferred without any change or loss of rights or
status; providing for the continuity of certain units and their personnel records and
other properties; requiring that certain letterheads, business cards, and other
documents may not be used until other documents already in print have been used;
requiring the publisher of the Annotated Code of Maryland, in consultation with and
subject to the approval of the Department of Legislative Services, to correct any
cross–references or terminology rendered incorrect by this Act and to describe any
corrections made in an editor’s note following the section affected; altering a certain
short title; making conforming and stylistic changes; defining certain terms; and
generally relating to the Maryland Department of Emergency Management.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article – Public Safety
Section 1–301(a) and 8–101(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

Ch. 287 2021 LAWS OF MARYLAND

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BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – Public Safety
Section 1–301(u), 1–305(a), 8–101(b)(1) and (h) through (n), 8–102(c) and (e)(1),
8–103(a)(1) and (c)(7)(iii) and (iv), 8–104(a)(2)(i) and (3)(i), (b)(3), (d)(2)(ii), and
(e)(1), (3)(i), (5)(ii), (6), (7)(ii) and (iii), and (8)(iii), 8–105(a)(1) and (b)(1),
8–106(b)(1), and 13–501(c); 14–101, 14–102(a), 14–103, 14–104, 14–106(a)(1),
14–107(b)(2) and (c)(1), 14–108(b)(4), 14–109(c)(1), 14–110, 14–112(c)(1) and
(2), 14–115, and 14–116(b) and (c) to be under the amended subtitle “Subtitle
1. Maryland Emergency Management Act”; and 14–201(c), 14–603, and
14–803
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

BY repealing
Article – Public Safety
Section 8–101(g) and 14–101.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

BY adding to
Article – Public Safety
Section 8–101(n)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2018 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – State Government
Section 8–201, 9–2901(c)(9), and 10–1503(b)(17)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2014 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – Environment
Section 5–803(h)(3)(ii)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2013 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – General Provisions
Section 4–314.1(b)(5)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – Health – General

LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, JR., Governor Ch. 287

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Section 17–602(c)(5) and 17–701(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2019 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – Labor and Employment
Section 9–232(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2016 Replacement Volume and 2020 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article – Natural Resources
Section 3–1005(a)(9) and 3–1015(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(