6                                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                               Ch. 2

and Legislative review or whatever other joint committee
if any may be substituted by law by the General Assembly
to carry out its responsibilities with respect to the
energy crisis for approval or rejection. If the
Committee fails to take action within seven days of
submission of the orders, rules and regulations, the
orders, rules and regulations shall become effective as
promulgated by the Governor. In the event of
extraordinary circumstances in which it is not feasible
to secure the approval of the Committee an order, rule,
or regulation may become effective immediately, and shall
within two days be communicated to the chairman of the
Committee and be subject to reversal by the full
Committee which shall be convened within five days of
communication of the order, rule or regulation. All
records of orders, rules and regulations and Committee
meetings shall be open to the public. In addition to the
specific emergency powers contained in this subtitle, the
General Assembly of Maryland recognizes and confirms the
Governor's power to exercise fully the authority
necessary to implement the federal mandatory allocation
program as set forth in the Emergency Petroleum
Allocation Act of 1973 (87 Stat. 627), as well as any
succeeding federal programs, laws, orders, rules, or
regulations relating to the allocation, conservation, or
consumption of energy resources.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That all laws
or parts of laws, public general or public local,
inconsistent with this Act, are repealed to the extent of
the inconsistency.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the
Committee on administrative, Executive and Legislative
Review shall develop suggested legislation dealing with
the relationship between the Executive and Legislative
branches of the State government as their functions
relate to energy utilization on an ongoing basis. Such
recommendations shall be submitted to the Legislative
Council for submission to the 1977 session of the Genera]
Assembly.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any
provision of this Act or the application thereof to any
person or circumstance is held invalid for any reason,
the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or
any other application of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provisions or application, and
to this end all the provisions of this Act are declared
to be severable.

SECTION 5. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public