Filing and publication of state of emergency and emergency measures

Any state of emergency or emergency measure declared or ordered and promulgated by virtue of the terms of this chapter shall, as promptly as practicable, be filed in the office of the city clerk, and immediate notice thereof given to the chief of police, in writing. The city manager is authorized to give notice thereof to the appropriate news media for publication and for radio and television stations. The city manager shall forthwith cause to be published in a daily newspaper a notice of the state of emergency.

(Code 1967, § 45A-5; Code 1980, § 45-5)