Bill Text: MI SB0858 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: State financing and management: other; duration of executive orders, proclamations, and directives; modify. Amends sec. 3 of 1976 PA 390 (MCL 30.403).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2020-05-07 - Referred To Committee On Government Operations [SB0858 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0858-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 858
April 16, 2020, Introduced by Senator BARRETT
and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 390, entitled
"Emergency management act,"
by amending section 3 (MCL 30.403), as amended by 2002 PA 132.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 3. (1) The governor is responsible for coping
with dangers to this state or the people of this state presented by a disaster
or emergency.
(2) The governor may
issue executive orders, proclamations, and directives having the force and
effect of law to implement this act. Except as provided in section 7(2), an
executive order, proclamation, or directive may be amended or rescinded by the
governor.
(3) The governor shall,
by executive order or proclamation, declare a state of disaster if he or she
finds a disaster has occurred or the threat of a disaster exists. The state of
disaster shall continue until the governor finds that the threat or danger has
passed, the disaster has been dealt with to the extent that disaster conditions
no longer exist, or until the declared state of disaster has been in effect for
28 14 days. After 28 14 days,
the governor shall issue an executive order or proclamation declaring the state
of disaster terminated, unless a request by the governor for an extension of
the state of disaster for a specific number of days is approved by resolution
of both houses of the legislature. An executive order or proclamation issued
pursuant to this subsection shall indicate the nature of the disaster, the area
or areas threatened, the conditions causing the disaster, and the conditions
permitting the termination of the state of disaster. An executive order or
proclamation shall be disseminated promptly by means calculated to bring its
contents to the attention of the general public and shall be promptly filed
with the emergency management division of the department and the secretary of
state, unless circumstances attendant upon the disaster prevent or impede its
prompt filing.
(4) The governor shall, by executive order or proclamation, declare a state of emergency if he or she finds that an emergency has occurred or that the threat of an emergency exists. The state of emergency shall continue until the governor finds that the threat or danger has passed, the emergency has been dealt with to the extent that emergency conditions no longer exist, or until the declared state of emergency has been in effect for 28 14 days. After 28 14 days, the governor shall issue an executive order or proclamation declaring the state of emergency terminated, unless a request by the governor for an extension of the state of emergency for a specific number of days is approved by resolution of both houses of the legislature. An executive order or proclamation issued pursuant to this subsection shall indicate the nature of the emergency, the area or areas threatened, the conditions causing the emergency, and the conditions permitting the termination of the state of emergency. An executive order or proclamation shall be disseminated promptly by means calculated to bring its contents to the attention of the general public and shall be promptly filed with the emergency management division of the department and the secretary of state, unless circumstances attendant upon the emergency prevent or impede its prompt filing.
