2021-H 6122Aaa, Article 3, Section 3 (FY2022 Appropriations Act)

The record

Jurisdiction

Rhode Island

Level

State

Authority

R.I. Const. art. VI; amends R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-9

Issued

2021-07-06 July 6, 2021

Effective

2021-07-06 (per the recital in EO 21-76) (read as 2021-07-06)

End

Permanent statute; the September 1, 2021 cap in subsection (h) is self-executing (read as 2021-09-01)

In force

July 6, 2021 to Sept. 1, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Emergency declarationOther

Addressees

• the Governor
• all persons subject to the listed executive orders

Functions reached

• 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

Collection

Rhode Island RI

Operative words

(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

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