§ 10-6-110 - Convening of General Assembly in event of attack -- Attendance -- Length of sessions. - Arkansas Statutes

10-6-110. Convening of General Assembly in event of attack -- Attendance -- Length of sessions.

(a) In the event of an attack, the Governor shall call the General Assembly into session as soon as practicable, and in any case within ninety (90) days following the inception of the attack. If the Governor fails to issue the call, the General Assembly on the ninetieth day from the date of inception of the attack shall automatically convene at the place where the Governor then has his or her office.

(b) Each legislator and each emergency interim successor, unless he or she is certain that the legislator to whose powers and duties he or she is designated to succeed or any emergency interim successor higher in order of succession will not be unavailable, shall proceed to the place of session as expeditiously as practicable.

(c) At such session or at any session in operation at the inception of the attack and at any subsequent sessions, limitations on the length of sessions and on the subjects which may be acted upon shall be suspended.