§ 23. Specific requirements in cities and counties. In furtherance of\nits responsibility under section twenty-two, and not in limitation\nthereof, each county, except those contained in the city of New York,\nand each city shall in conformity with the plan, regulations or orders\nof the commission, in order to prepare for attack and for the period of\nrehabilitation and recovery following an attack:\n A. In General.\n 1. a. Within sixty days after request by the commission pursuant to\nthis act, submit to the commission a plan in the form requested by it\nproviding for the full integration of existing resources, of manpower,\nmaterials, facilities and services into a civil defense force and a\ndetailed plan for civil defense operations in the event of attack,\nspecifying all proposed units, installations, materials, facilities,\nproposed assembly points, routes, standard operating procedures and such\nother information as may be required by the commission.\n b. Upon receipt of such plan, the commission shall approve or\ndisapprove the plan as soon as possible. If supplemental information is\nrequired, the county or city shall so furnish it within the time\nspecified by the commission. If the commission does not approve the\nplan, it shall inform the local director and the chief executive officer\nof the county or city of the reason for disapproval. After giving such\ndirector and the chief executive officer an opportunity to be heard the\ncommission may reject the plan or amend it as it deems necessary. When\napproved, such plan shall become the plan of civil defense of such city\nor county.\n c. If the plan is rejected, such city or county shall, in conformance\nwith the requirements of the commission and within the time fixed by the\ncommission, submit a superseding plan. If the commission disapproves the\nsuperseding plan or if it is not submitted within the time fixed by the\ncommission, the commission shall report the matter to the governor.\n 2. Acquire, construct, install, store and maintain facilities and\nmaterials in accordance with the provisions of section twenty-three-a of\nthis act.\n B. Organization and Administration.\n 3. Institute public information programs to keep residents informed\nwith respect to achieving protection from fallout radiation and other\ndangers resulting from attack and with respect to all other matters\nnecessary to personal and public safety during and subsequent to attack.\n 4. Equip and train the members of all municipal agencies for the\nperformance of specific civil defense duties during and subsequent to\nattack.\n 5. Organize, approve, recruit, equip and train volunteer agencies for\ncivil defense purposes.\n 6. Classify buildings, structures and other real property in\naccordance with their suitability for shelter use and for the safety and\nhealth of the people during and subsequent to attack, and designate such\nthereof as may be appropriate and feasible for such purposes.\n 7. Establish, equip and operate control centers for use in directing\ncivil defense activities during and subsequent to attack.\n 8. Establish, staff and operate such observation posts, warning\ncenters and similar facilities as may be required by the commission.\n 9. Conduct tests and drills necessary to train civil defense forces\nand to acquaint the public with civil defense procedures.\n 10. Establish such communication systems as are necessary for prompt\nand effective transmission of orders and information.\n 11. Recruit and train physicians, nurses and auxiliary medical\npersonnel to provide medical care during and subsequent to attack.\n 12. Establish emergency facilities to increase the capacity of\nexisting hospitals within such city or county.\n l3. Organize, staff and equip all medical laboratories as emergency\nblood procurement centers.\n 14. Assign, recruit and organize all publicly owned construction and\nhealth service equipment and publicly employed construction,\nradiolog
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