Chapter 48: Militia, Defense And Public Safety

Article 13: Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act

Statute 48-1302: Declaration of policy. The legislature declares: (1) That recent technological developments make possible an enemy attack of unprecedented destructiveness, which may result in the death or inability to act of a large proportion of the membership of the legislature; (2) that to conform in time of attack to existing legal requirements pertaining to the legislature would be impracticable, would admit of undue delay, and would jeopardize continuity of operation of a legally constituted legislature; and (3) that it is therefore necessary to adopt special provisions as hereinafter set out for the effective operation of the legislature.

      History:   L. 1961, ch. 252, § 2; June 30.