2018 Alaska Statutes
Title 26. Military Affairs, Veterans, Disasters, and Aerospace
Chapter 23. Disasters
Article 1. Alaska Disaster Act.
Sec. 26.23.025. The legislature and disaster emergencies.
(a) When the governor declares a condition of disaster emergency under AS 26.23.020(c), concurrently with the issuance of the proclamation, the governor shall prepare and deliver to the presiding officers of the legislature and to the persons who chair the finance committees in each house of the legislature a financing plan describing the amount by fund source of money, including the amount of state match for federal funds, that the governor proposes to use to cope with the disaster, the estimated total expenditures necessary to cope with the disaster, and the estimated time frame necessary to cope with the disaster.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the declaration of a disaster emergency occurs while the legislature is in session or if a special session is held, actions taken by the governor under this chapter after the close of the session that are not ratified by law adopted during that session are void.
(c) The legislature may terminate a disaster emergency at any time by law.
