APPROVED CHAPTER
JUNE 10, 2021 154
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE
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H.P. 746 - L.D. 1008
An Act To Require Joint Use Entities To Establish Permanent Liaisons with
All County Emergency Management Agencies
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 35-A MRSA §717 is enacted to read:
§717. Joint use entity liaisons
1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the
following terms have the following meanings.
A. "Disaster" has the same meaning as in Title 37-B, section 703, subsection 2.
B. "Facilities" has the same meaning as in section 2502, subsection 3.
C. "Joint use entity" has the same meaning as in section 711, subsection 7, paragraph
B.
2. Joint use entity; liaison designation. A joint use entity shall designate, in each
county where the joint use entity has facilities, a permanent liaison with the applicable
county emergency management agency to be responsible for assisting the agency with the
coordination of actions during a disaster or civil emergency and shall communicate to the
agency the contact information for the liaison. A joint use entity is responsible for ensuring
that a permanent liaison designated under this subsection responds immediately to any
contact or request for assistance during a disaster or civil emergency from the county
emergency management agency to which the liaison is designated.
3. County emergency management agency; information sharing. A county
emergency management agency that receives a communication from a joint use entity
designating a permanent liaison pursuant to subsection 2 shall communicate to that joint
use entity the contact information for the employee or employees of the county emergency
management agency responsible for coordinating the actions of the county emergency
management agency during a disaster or civil emergency.
Sec. 2. 37-B MRSA §783, 2nd ¶, as amended by PL 2013, c. 146, §14, is further
amended to read:
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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 as it considers appropriate with institutions, organizations and businesses within its
jurisdiction to ensure that the disaster plans developed by the municipality or agency and
those institutions, organizations and businesses are compatible. Institutions, organizations
and businesses with which the municipality or agency may consult include, but are not
limited to, hospitals, schools, health care facilities, group homes, joint use entities as
defined in Title 35-A, section 711, subsection 7, paragraph B and day care centers.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1008, HP 746: 37-B.783
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 154: 37-B.783