Whereas, the actions of Governor Deval Patrick on Friday, February 8, 2013, in Executive Order No. 543, ordering a state-wide ban on motor vehicle travel under a declared state of emergency, exceeded the public’s civil defense needs, and therefore unnecessarily suspended the people’s natural right to travel,
TITLE III, CIVIL DEFENSE, MILITARY AFFAIRS AND VETERANS
Chapter S31, Civil Defense Act, (Acts 1950, Ch.639) is amended as follows.
In the first sentence of Section 4, strike the words, “shall be responsible for carrying out the provisions of this act”
In the first sentence of Section 7, strike the words, “any and all” and “or expedient”
In paragraph (e) of Section 7, strike the words, “on Sundays or week-days” and add, after the word thereon “, provided that restriction of travel in the event of a state of emergency declared due to fire, flood, earthquake or other natural causes is limited to the immediate vicinity of the actual or anticipated disaster effects and only when such travel would impede disaster relief”
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