Sec. 16a-11. Governor's proclamation of energy emergency. Order implementing plan. Review and disapproval. Termination.
Sec. 16a-11. Governor's proclamation of energy emergency. Order implementing plan. Review and disapproval. Termination. (a) In the event of an energy
emergency, the Governor may proclaim that such emergency exists and designate by
order all or any part of the energy emergency plan he intends to implement and the
effective date thereof, provided during any such energy emergency, the Governor may
designate by order additional parts of said energy emergency plan to be implemented
and the effective dates thereof. Any such order by the Governor pursuant to this section
shall become effective upon filing said proclamation and designation in the office of
the Secretary of the State. Such proclamation and any such designation shall be published
in full at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in each county, provided
failure to publish shall not impair the validity of such proclamation or designation.
(b) Any proclamation may be disapproved by the joint legislative committee established under section 16a-10 at a meeting which shall be held within seventy-two hours
after the filing of such proclamation in the office of the Secretary of the State. Such
disapproval shall be by a majority vote, provided at least one of the minority leaders
shall vote for such disapproval. Notwithstanding such disapproval, such proclamation
and any order pursuant to this section shall be valid and effective from the time the
Governor files such proclamation until such time as said committee files its disapproval
in the office of the Secretary of the State. Any proclamation not disapproved shall remain
in effect until the Governor proclaims the end of the energy emergency or until three
hundred days after the date of the proclamation of the energy emergency. The joint
legislative committee shall meet to review the proclamation of an energy emergency
every sixty days until such emergency ends and may disapprove such proclamation by
a simple majority vote. Any order or designation shall remain in effect until termination
by further order by the Governor, which termination shall become effective upon filing
such order in the office of the Secretary of the State. Such order shall be published in
full at least once in a newspaper having general circulation in each county, provided
failure to publish shall not impair the validity of such order.
(P.A. 74-285, S. 12, 20; P.A. 79-572, S. 3, 10.)
History: P.A. 79-572 provided that proclamation ceases to have effect 300 days after date emergency was proclaimed,
required review of proclamation every 60 days and provided for disapproval by majority vote in Subsec. (b).