National emergency, when

§134-34 National emergency, when. A national emergency or crisis shall be deemed to have arisen when the governor and the senior United States military commander headquartered in the State or, in the absence of the commander, a duly designated representative have, in the exercise of their discretion, so determined. [L 1921, c 13, pt of §1; RL 1925, §2035; RL 1935, §2556; RL 1945, §7197; RL 1955, §157-32; HRS §134-34; am L 1989, c 215, §2]