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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 24. PUBLIC SPACE AND SAFETY |
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Chapter 24-22. PUBLIC DISASTERS AND CIVIL DISORDERS |
Section 24-2202. TERMINATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY
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2202.1Within forty-eight (48) hours after proclaiming a state of emergency, or as soon after this time as the D.C. Council can convene, the Mayor or Deputy Mayor shall appear before the Council to explain the circumstances under which the Mayor exercised any of the emergency powers vested in the Mayor under §2201.
2202.2No state of emergency proclaimed under §2200 shall continue to exist beyond the meeting of the Council convened pursuant to §2202.1, unless continuation is approved by a majority vote of the Council members present and voting.
2202.3No state of emergency shall continue to exist beyond any subsequent meeting of the Council at which the continuation is disapproved by a majority vote of the Council members present and voting.
2202.4Unless sooner termination is required by the Mayor's failure to secure approval of the Council, or upon disapproval by the Council, as provided in this section, a state of emergency proclaimed under §2200 shall continue in existence until terminated by proclamation of the Mayor.