Sec. 2. The court, judge, body, or official has authority to: (1) find and declare: (A) the existence of an emergency; and (B) the time during which the emergency existed; and (2) enter the finding and declaration in the record. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-35-1 part.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.2.