Sec. 16a-11. Governor's proclamation of energy emergency. Order implementing plan. Review and disapproval. Termination. - Connecticut Statutes

      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).