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Subchapter 1: ORGANIZATION
37-B §701. Title; purpose - §701. Title; purpose This chapter may be cited as the...
37-B §702. Policy - §702. Policy It is declared to be the policy of...
37-B §703. Definitions - §703. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless the context...
37-B §704. Director; duties - §704. Director; duties The Maine Emergency Management Agency, as previously...
37-B §705. Rules; appeal from administrative action - §705. Rules; appeal from administrative action The director shall adopt...
37-B §706. Citizens' Civil Emergency Commission (REPEALED) - §706. Citizens' Civil Emergency Commission (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...
37-B §707. Grants and gifts - §707. Grants and gifts The Maine Emergency Management Agency is...
37-B §708. Homeland Security Advisory Council - §708. Homeland Security Advisory Council The Homeland Security Advisory Council,...
37-B §709. Governor's homeland security advisor - §709. Governor's homeland security advisor The Commissioner of Defense, Veterans...
Subchapter 2: STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS
37-B §741. Governor's powers - §741. Governor's powers 1. Control during emergencies. In the event...
37-B §742. Emergency proclamation - §742. Emergency proclamation 1. Emergency proclamation. Emergency proclamations must be...
37-B §743. Termination of emergency - §743. Termination of emergency 1. Proclamation by Governor. Whenever the...
37-B §744. Disaster relief - §744. Disaster relief 1. Financial assistance to individuals. Whenever the...
37-B §745. Disaster Recovery Fund - §745. Disaster Recovery Fund 1. Fund established. There is established...
37-B §746. Federal funds received due to the COVID-19 pandemic - §746. Federal funds received due to the COVID-19 pandemic Notwithstanding...
Subchapter 3: LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
37-B §781. Municipal, county and regional agencies - §781. Municipal, county and regional agencies 1. Municipal or interjurisdictional...
37-B §782. Agency directors - §782. Agency directors A director must be appointed for each...
37-B §783. Disaster emergency plan - §783. Disaster emergency plan Each municipality, county and regional emergency...
37-B §784. Mutual aid arrangements - §784. Mutual aid arrangements The director of each local organization...
37-B §784-A. Right to call for and employ assistance - §784-A. Right to call for and employ assistance The Maine...
37-B §784-B. Maine First Responders State-wide Mutual Aid Agreement - §784-B. Maine First Responders State-wide Mutual Aid Agreement All political...
37-B §785. State Civil Service Appeals Board services - §785. State Civil Service Appeals Board services Local emergency management...
37-B §786. Enforcement - §786. Enforcement 1. Law enforcement officers. Duly appointed law enforcement...
Subchapter 3-A: COORDINATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUPERFUND AMENDMENTS AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1986
37-B §791. General provisions - §791. General provisions 1. Purpose. This subchapter is intended to...
37-B §792. State Emergency Response Commission - §792. State Emergency Response Commission 1. Composition and terms. The...
37-B §793. Local emergency planning committees - §793. Local emergency planning committees There are established local emergency...
37-B §794. Local emergency response plans - §794. Local emergency response plans 1. Plan development. The local...
37-B §795. Facility emergency response plans - §795. Facility emergency response plans The operators of any facility...
37-B §796. Material safety data sheets - §796. Material safety data sheets 1. Data sheets. Any person...
37-B §797. Maine chemical inventory report - §797. Maine chemical inventory report A person required to submit...
37-B §798. Emergency notification - §798. Emergency notification 1. Immediate notification. In the event of...
37-B §799. Toxic chemical release reports - §799. Toxic chemical release reports Under this section, the owner...
37-B §800. Trade secrets - §800. Trade secrets 1. Withholding information. Information that constitutes a...
37-B §801. Fees - §801. Fees 1. Fees required. The operators of any facility...
37-B §802. Emergency Response Commission Fund - §802. Emergency Response Commission Fund The Emergency Response Commission Fund...
37-B §803. Agency responsibilities - §803. Agency responsibilities The Maine Emergency Management Agency has the...
37-B §804. Local authority - §804. Local authority Nothing in this subchapter or rules adopted...
37-B §805. Community right to know - §805. Community right to know 1. Availability to public. Each...
37-B §806. Enforcement; penalties - §806. Enforcement; penalties 1. Commission orders. The commission may issue...
Subchapter 4: ADMINISTRATION
37-B §821. Eminent domain - §821. Eminent domain When the Governor has issued a proclamation...
37-B §822. Immunity - §822. Immunity Neither the State nor any of its agencies...
37-B §823. Compensation for injuries received in line of duty - §823. Compensation for injuries received in line of duty All...
37-B §824. Appropriations - §824. Appropriations 1. General Fund. The Governor may whenever an...
37-B §825. Acceptance of aid - §825. Acceptance of aid Whenever the Federal Government or any...
37-B §826. Transfer of equipment - §826. Transfer of equipment Subject to the approval of the...
37-B §827. Aid in emergency; penalty - §827. Aid in emergency; penalty Upon the issuance of a...
37-B §828. Right-of-way; violation - §828. Right-of-way; violation Personnel and equipment required to respond to...
37-B §829. Enforcement - §829. Enforcement It is the duty of every agency for...
37-B §830. Violations - §830. Violations Every officer of a political subdivision of the...
37-B §831. Utilization of existing services and facilities - §831. Utilization of existing services and facilities In carrying out...
37-B §832. Political activity prohibited - §832. Political activity prohibited An emergency management organization established under...
37-B §833. Civil emergency preparedness personnel (REPEALED) - §833. Civil emergency preparedness personnel (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1983,...
37-B §834. Inconsistent laws suspended - §834. Inconsistent laws suspended Except as otherwise provided, all existing...
Subchapter 5: SPECIAL OPERATIONAL PLANS
37-B §850. Search and rescue plan - §850. Search and rescue plan The director shall compile a...
37-B §851. Mass fatality plan - §851. Mass fatality plan The director, in consultation with the...
37-B §852. Plans deemed part of statewide comprehensive plan - §852. Plans deemed part of statewide comprehensive plan An operational...