{"id":"RI-073","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Rhode Island General Assembly (2021-H 6122 Substitute A as amended), signed by Governor Daniel J. McKee July 6, 2021","authority":"R.I. Const. art. VI; amends R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9","instrument":"2021-H 6122Aaa, Article 3, Section 3 (FY2022 Appropriations Act)","title":"An Act Making Appropriations for the Support of the State for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2022 - Article 3, Relating to Government Reform and Reorganization, § 3 (amending § 30-15-9, Governor\u0027s responsibilities relating to disaster emergencies)","dateIssued":"2021-07-06","effective":"2021-07-06 (per the recital in EO 21-76)","end":"Permanent statute; the September 1, 2021 cap in subsection (h) is self-executing","startDate":"2021-07-06","endDate":"2021-09-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","OTHER"],"addressees":["the Governor","all persons subject to the listed executive orders"],"clause":"(b)... no state of disaster emergency may continue for longer than thirty (30) days unless renewed by the governor. The general assembly, by concurrent resolution, may terminate a state of disaster emergency... (g) Powers conferred upon the governor pursuant to the provisions of subsection (e) of this section for disaster emergency response shall not exceed a period of one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the emergency order or proclamation of a state of disaster emergency, unless and until the general assembly extends the one hundred eighty (180) day period by concurrent resolution. (h) Nothing contained in subsection (g) of this section shall be construed to apply to the following executive orders issued by the governor which shall remain in effect and may be extended by further executive order up to, but not beyond, September 1, 2021: (1) 20-06; (2) 20-19; (3) 20-37; (4) 20-46 as amended by 21-60; (5) 20-72; (6) 21-26; (7) 21-67; and (8) 21-68, limited to paragraph 8.","enforcement":"Statutory limit on gubernatorial emergency powers","functions":["fixes which State instruments could lawfully remain in force July 6 - Sept. 1, 2021: the quarantine order (21-26), the emergency-regulation renewals (20-72), the hospital capacity order (21-67), the public-meetings order (20-46) and the take-out alcohol paragraph"],"notes":"The legislative act behind EO 21-76: the General Assembly ratified the continuation of the quarantine-and-isolation order, the emergency-regulation renewals and the hospital orders into the third quarter of 2021 while ending the rest. The 3.5 MB budget PDF is the exhibit; Article 3 § 3 is at the pages headed \u0027Art3 RELATING TO GOVERNMENT REFORM AND REORGANIZATION\u0027.","sourceUrl":"http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText21/HouseText21/H6122Aaa.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":3568348,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"RI","url":"/library/RI-073","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/RI-073","citation":"Rhode Island General Assembly (2021-H 6122 Substitute A as amended), signed by Governor Daniel J. McKee July 6, 2021, 2021-H 6122Aaa, Article 3, Section 3 (FY2022 Appropriations Act) (July 6, 2021) (Ex. RI-073)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":[]}