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12.312 Termination of declaration; public health emergency.

Subdivision 1. Automatic termination; renewal. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a national security emergency declared due to a public health emergency or peacetime emergency declared due to a public health emergency is terminated automatically 30 days after its original declaration unless the emergency is renewed by the governor using the procedure specified in section 12.31, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). Any renewal is terminated automatically after 30 days unless again renewed by the governor.

Subd. 2. Termination by legislature. By a majority vote of each house of the legislature, the legislature may terminate a national security emergency declared due to a public health emergency or peacetime emergency declared due to a public health emergency at any time from the date of original declaration. A termination by the legislature under this subdivision overrides any renewal by the governor under subdivision 1.

HIST: 2002 c 402 s 11

* NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 2002, chapter 402, *section 11, expires August 1, 2004. Laws 2002, chapter 402, *section 21.

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