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LR 1889
Item 1

 
Sec. 7. 37-B MRSA §783, first ¶, as amended by PL 2001, c. 614, §15 and
c. 662, §84, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

 
Each municipality, county and regional emergency management
agency shall prepare and keep a current disaster emergency plan
for the area subject to its jurisdiction.__That plan must
include, without limitation:

 
Sec. 8. 37-B MRSA §1131, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 662,
§99, is amended to read:

 
A. The Adjutant General or the Adjutant General's Director
of the Maine Emergency Management Agency or the director's
designee;

 
Sec. 9. 37-B MRSA §1131, sub-§2, ¶¶J to L, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 662,
§99, are amended to read:

 
J. The Meteorologist Meteorologists-in-Charge of the
National Weather Service Forecast Office Offices in Gray
this State or the designee of the Meteorologist
Meteorologists-in-Charge;

 
K. Representatives from private commerce and industry,
including, but not limited to, the major hydroelectric power
generators, as determined by the cochairs of the commission;
and

 
L. A representative of the public, appointed by the
Governor.;

 
Sec. 10. 37-B MRSA §1131, sub-§2, ¶¶M and N are enacted to read:

 
M.__The Commissioner of Human Services or the commissioner's
designee; and

 
N.__The director of the Senator George J. Mitchell Center
for Environmental and Watershed Research at the University
of Maine, or the director's designee.

 
Sec. 11. 37-B MRSA §1131, sub-§§3 and 4, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 662,
§99, are amended to read:

 
3. Chair. The District Chief of the United States Geological
Survey Water Resources Division Maine District Office and the
Adjutant General or the Adjutant General's Director of the Maine
Emergency Management Agency or the director's designee shall act
as cochairs of the commission.


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