NC state budget law adds new requirements for governor's use of emergency powers
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Changes to North Carolina's criteria for governors to declare states of emergency have been included in a budget law in response to Gov. Roy Cooper's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It's among a dozen state laws taking effect in part or in full as 2023 begins. The laws include an income tax cut, the creation of a new Department of Adult Correction and new directives to prevent the sale of stolen goods on online marketplaces.
The changes to emergencies are a response by Republican politicians and their allies to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's authority to issue a coronavirus declaration in March 2020 and to extend it unilaterally on his own. Those orders served as the basis for governments to restrict retail business activity and public events, and to direct social distancing. Cooper ultimately ended the COVID-19 emergency declaration in August — 29 months later.
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