| | | Sec. 57. 37-B MRSA §783, last ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 614, §16 | | and c. 662, §85, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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| | | Each municipal, county and regional emergency management | | agency, as part of the development of a disaster emergency | | plan for the area subject to its jurisdiction, shall consult | | with hospitals within its jurisdiction to ensure that the | | disaster plans developed by the municipality or agency and the | | hospitals are compatible. |
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| | | Sec. 58. 37-B MRSA §784, as amended by PL 2001, c. 614, §17 and | | c. 662, §86, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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| | | §784. Mutual aid arrangements |
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| | | The director of each local organization for emergency | | management shall, in collaboration with other public and | | private agencies within the State, develop or cause to be | | developed mutual aid arrangements for reciprocal emergency | | management aid and assistance in case of a disaster too great | | to be dealt with unassisted.__These arrangements must be | | consistent with the state emergency management program, and in | | time of emergency each local organization for emergency | | management shall render assistance in accordance with the | | mutual aid arrangements.__For this purpose, political | | subdivisions are authorized when geographical locations make | | mutual aid arrangements desirable to enter into mutual aid | | arrangements subject to the approval of the director. |
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| | | Sec. 59. 37-B MRSA §823, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 614, §21 | | and c. 662, §89, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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| | | All members of the emergency management forces are deemed to | | be employees of the State while on, or training for, emergency | | management duty.__They have all the rights given to state | | employees under the former Maine Workers' Compensation Act or | | the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of 1992.__All claims must | | be filed, prosecuted and determined in accordance with the | | procedure set forth in the Maine Workers' Compensation Act of | | 1992. |
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| | | Sec. 60. 37-B MRSA §829, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 614, §26 | | and c. 662, §95, is repealed and the following enacted in its | | place: |
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| | | It is the duty of every agency for emergency management | | established pursuant to this chapter and of the officers to | | execute and enforce orders and rules adopted by the Governor | | under authority of this chapter.__Each emergency management |
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