Enrolled SCR 14: Authorizing the House of Representatives and the Senate to recess for a period of more than three days.
00Enrolled SCR 14 01 Authorizing the House of Representatives and the Senate to recess for a period of more than 02 three days. 03 _______________ 04 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 WHEREAS the World Health Organization has declared the novel coronavirus 06 disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic; and 07 WHEREAS, on March 11, 2020, the governor declared a statewide public health 08 disaster emergency to support the response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) 09 outbreak; and 10 WHEREAS art. II, sec. 10, Constitution of the State of Alaska, provides that neither 11 house of the legislature may adjourn or recess for longer than three days unless the other 12 house concurs; and 13 WHEREAS Rule 52, Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, provides that 14 adoption of a concurrent resolution by a majority vote of the full membership of each house 15 constitutes concurrence; 16 BE IT RESOLVED by the Alaska State Legislature that, after transmitting a bill to 17 the governor that funds the operations of state government for fiscal year 2021, the Senate and
01 the House of Representatives may each recess for more than three days during the Second 02 Regular Session of the Thirty-First Alaska State Legislature.