HRS §382-2
Emergency proclamation for stevedoring interruptions
This section lets the governor declare a state emergency when stevedoring (dock loading) services stop and harm public health, safety, or welfare. The governor can prepare for emergency actions before or after declaring. It only covers this specific situation.
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The statute, as written — Proclamation of emergency; preparations for government operations
(a) Whenever the governor finds that the public health, safety, or welfare has been impaired or imperiled and a state emergency created as a result of the interruption in the furnishing of services by the stevedoring industry, whether the interruption has been caused by an industrial dispute or otherwise, the governor may issue a proclamation declaring the existence of the emergency and the governor's intention to exercise the governor's powers under section 382-3. (b) Before or after the issuance of the proclamation the governor may make such preparations as the governor deems necessary or proper to carry out section 382-3.
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