Marvin Mandel, Governor                                  7

REGULATIONS SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS PROMULGATED
BY THE GOVERNOR. IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY IN
WHICH IT IS NOT FEASIBLE TO SECURE THE APPROVAL OF
THE COMMITTEE [[A]] AN ORDER, RULE OR REGULATION
MAY BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, AND SHALL IMMEDI-
ATELY BE COMMUNICATED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COM-
MITTEE AND BE SUBJECT TO REVERSAL OR MODIFICATION
BY THE FULL COMMITTEE WHEN CONVENED. ALL RECORDS
OF ORDERS, RULES AND REGULATIONS AND COMMITTEE
MEETINGS SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IN ADDITION TO
THE SPECIFIC EMERGENCY POWERS CONTAINED IN THIS SUB-
TITLE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND RECOGNIZES
AND CONFIRMS THE GOVERNOR'S POWER TO EXERCISE FULLY
THE AUTHORITY NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE FEDERAL
MANDATORY ALLOCATION PROGRAM FOR MIDDLE DISTIL-
LATE FUELS, AS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER XIII OF TITLE 32A,
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS ANY SUCCEED-
ING FEDERAL PROGRAMS, LAWS, ORDERS, RULES, OR REGULA-
TIONS RELATING TO THE ALLOCATION, [[DEVELOPMENT,]]
CONSERVATION, OR CONSUMPTION OF ENERGY RESOURCES.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws or
parts of laws, public general or public local, inconsistent with this Act,
are [[repealed]] suspended to the extent of the inconsistency. All laws
or parts of laws suspended under the provisions of this Act shall revert
to their full force and effect at the time the suspension is terminated.
At that time there shall be no claim or presumption of the creation of
any vested interest in, or permanent authority to continue, any develop-
ment, alteration, modification, construction, or similar undertaking per-
mitted under the workings of this Act but no longer permitted when
the laws herein suspended revert to their full force and effect.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any pro-
vision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circum-
stance is held invalid for any reason in a court of competent jurisdiction,
the invalidity does not affect other provisions or any other application
of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and for this purpose the provisions of this Act are declared
severable.

SECTION [[3]] 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this
Act is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public health and safety and having
been passed by a yea and nay vote supported by three-fifths of all the
members elected to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved November 13,1973.