Acts containing declaration of emergency

Sec. 3. (a) This section applies only to an act that contains a declaration that an emergency exists. (b) If the act provides that a provision of the act takes effect: (1) upon passage; or (2) retroactively to a specified date; then the provision takes effect upon approval of the act. (c) If: (1) the act provides that a provision of the act takes effect on a specified date; and (2) approval of the act occurs on or before the specified date; then the provision takes effect on the specified effective date. (d) If: (1) the act provides that a provision of the act takes effect on a specified date; and (2) approval of the act occurs after the specified date; then the provision takes effect on July 1 next following approval of the act. (e) If the act does not provide an effective date for a provision of the act, then the provision takes effect on July 1 next following approval of the act, subject to section 5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.1-1987, SEC.2.