§ 20. Disaster emergency declaration and management
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesConstitution of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaEffective: May 18, 2021
Effective: May 18, 2021
Const. Art. 4, § 20
§ 20. Disaster emergency declaration and management
(b) Each disaster emergency declaration issued by the Governor under subsection (a) shall indicate the nature, each area threatened and the conditions of the disaster, including whether the disaster is a natural disaster, military emergency, public health emergency, technological disaster or other general emergency, as defined by statute. The General Assembly shall, by statute, provide for the manner in which each type of disaster enumerated under this subsection shall be managed.
(d) Upon the expiration of a disaster emergency declaration under subsection (a), the Governor may not issue a new disaster emergency declaration based upon the same or substantially similar facts and circumstances without the passage of a concurrent resolution of the General Assembly expressly approving the new disaster emergency declaration.
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Adopted May 18, 2021.
Const. Art. 4, § 20, PA CONST Art. 4, § 20
Current through Nov. 8, 2022, General Election.
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