| 26 | | - | Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 19a-131a of the general statutes is 1 |
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| 27 | | - | repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2 |
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| 28 | | - | 2021): 3 |
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| 29 | | - | (b) (1) Any declaration issued pursuant to this section shall become 4 |
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| 30 | | - | effective upon its filing with the Secretary of the State and with the 5 |
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| 31 | | - | clerks of the House of Representatives and Senate. The declaration shall 6 |
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| 32 | | - | state the nature of the public health emergency, the political 7 |
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| 33 | | - | subdivisions or geographic area subject to the declaration, the 8 |
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| 34 | | - | conditions that have brought about the public health emergency, the 9 |
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| 35 | | - | duration of the public health emergency and the public health authority 10 |
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| 36 | | - | responding to the emergency. Any such declaration issued by the 11 |
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| 37 | | - | Governor may be disapproved and nullified by majority vote of a 12 |
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| 38 | | - | committee consisting of the president pro tempore of the Senate, the 13 |
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| 39 | | - | speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority and minority 14 |
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| 40 | | - | leaders of both houses of the General Assembly , [and] the 15 |
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| 46 | | - | cochairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committee of 16 |
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| 47 | | - | the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public 17 |
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| 48 | | - | health and two additional members of the General Assembly, one 18 |
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| 49 | | - | appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives and 19 |
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| 50 | | - | one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. Such disapproval 20 |
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| 51 | | - | shall not be effective unless filed with the Secretary of the State not later 21 |
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| 52 | | - | than seventy-two hours after the filing of the Governor's declaration 22 |
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| 53 | | - | with the Secretary of the State. 23 |
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| 54 | | - | (2) Any declaration issued pursuant to this section may be renewed 24 |
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| 55 | | - | by the Governor upon its filing with the Secretary of the State and with 25 |
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| 56 | | - | the clerks of the House of Representatives and Senate. The renewal 26 |
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| 57 | | - | declaration shall state the nature of the continuing public health 27 |
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| 58 | | - | emergency, the political subdivisions or geographic area subject to the 28 |
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| 59 | | - | renewal, the conditions that have brought about the renewal 29 |
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| 60 | | - | declaration, the duration of the renewal declaration and the public 30 |
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| 61 | | - | health authority responding to the public health emergency. Any such 31 |
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| 62 | | - | renewal declaration issued by the Governor may be disapproved and 32 |
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| 63 | | - | nullified by majority vote of a committee consisting of the legislative 33 |
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| 64 | | - | leaders and members specified in subsection (b) of this section. Such 34 |
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| 65 | | - | disapproval shall not be effective unless filed with the Secretary of the 35 |
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| 66 | | - | State not later than seventy-two hours after the filing of the Governor's 36 |
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| 67 | | - | renewal declaration with the Secretary of the State. 37 |
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| 68 | | - | (3) The Governor shall declare a public health emergency to be 38 |
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| 69 | | - | terminated before the duration stated in the declaration, upon a finding, 39 |
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| 70 | | - | after informing the legislative leaders and members specified in 40 |
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| 71 | | - | subsection (b) of this section, that the circumstances that caused such 41 |
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| 72 | | - | emergency to be declared no longer pose a substantial risk of a 42 |
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| 73 | | - | significant number of human fatalities or incidents of permanent or 43 |
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| 74 | | - | long-term disability. 44 |
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| 75 | | - | Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 28-9 of the general statutes is repealed 45 |
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| 76 | | - | and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2021): 46 |
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| 77 | | - | (a) In the event of serious disaster, enemy attack, sabotage or other 47 |
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| 83 | | - | hostile action or in the event of the imminence thereof, the Governor 48 |
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| 84 | | - | may proclaim that a state of civil preparedness emergency exists, in 49 |
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| 85 | | - | which event the Governor may personally take direct operational 50 |
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| 86 | | - | control of any or all parts of the civil preparedness forces and functions 51 |
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| 87 | | - | in the state. Any such proclamation shall be effective upon filing with 52 |
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| 88 | | - | the Secretary of the State. Any such proclamation, or order issued 53 |
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| 89 | | - | pursuant thereto, issued by the Governor because of a disaster resulting 54 |
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| 90 | | - | from man-made cause may be disapproved by majority vote of a joint 55 |
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| 91 | | - | legislative committee consisting of the president pro tempore of the 56 |
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| 92 | | - | Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, [and] the majority 57 |
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| 93 | | - | and minority leaders of both houses of the General Assembly and two 58 |
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| 94 | | - | additional members of the General Assembly, one appointed by the 59 |
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| 95 | | - | minority leader of the House of Representatives and one appointed by 60 |
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| 96 | | - | the minority leader of the Senate, provided at least one of the minority 61 |
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| 97 | | - | leaders votes for such disapproval. Such disapproval shall not be 62 |
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| 98 | | - | effective unless filed with the Secretary of the State not later than 63 |
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| 99 | | - | seventy-two hours after the filing of the Governor's proclamation with 64 |
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| 100 | | - | the Secretary of the State. As soon as possible after such proclamation, 65 |
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| 101 | | - | if the General Assembly is not then in session, the Governor shall meet 66 |
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| 102 | | - | with the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House 67 |
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| 103 | | - | of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of both 68 |
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| 104 | | - | houses of the General Assembly and shall confer with them on the 69 |
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| 105 | | - | advisability of calling a special session of the General Assembly. 70 |
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| 106 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 109 | | - | Section 1 July 1, 2021 19a-131a(b) |
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| 110 | | - | Sec. 2 July 1, 2021 28-9(a) |
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| 24 | + | That sections 19a-131a and 28-9 of the general statutes be amended to 1 |
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| 25 | + | require that any joint committee constituted to approve or disapprove a 2 |
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| 26 | + | declaration of a public health or civil preparedness emergency by the 3 |
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| 27 | + | Governor have equal representation from the majority and minority 4 |
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| 28 | + | parties. 5 |
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