Spencer Cox: “The purpose of the fire emergency is basically to allow the…”

“Later in the year, in September. But we haven't gone over any plans. We haven't even talked about a potential date for a special session. Yes. So The purpose of the fire emergency is basically to allow the state forester, who doesn't have that authority right now, gives her that authority to do this. I only have the ability to use emergency powers for 30 days, after which we would have to call the legislature into session if we wanted to extend that.” (27:55–28:05)

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