Emergency highway peace officers.

Whenever the governor is satisfied that a state of emergency exists, or is likely to exist, on the public streets or highways of this state, because of violations of chapter 321 , the governor shall designate any employee or employees of this state as peace officers pursuant to section 801.4, subsection 11 , paragraph “j”, until such time as the governor is satisfied the state of emergency is ended. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §7.10 ] Referred to in §7.12