The phrase "a legislative emergency" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where urgent legislative action is required due to unforeseen circumstances or crises.
Example: "The governor declared a legislative emergency to address the urgent need for new public health measures."
Alternatives: "an urgent legislative situation" or "a legislative crisis".
In 2001 Governor Rick Perry declared a legislative emergency.
Several years ago, Dr. Blee got to apply his weightlifting talents to a legislative emergency.
Days after taking office in 1995, he declared a legislative emergency to address the "junk lawsuits that clog our courts".
Gov. Rick Perry, who appoints the commissioners, just declared that strengthening private property rights was a "legislative emergency" for state lawmakers to take up as soon as possible.
And this year, in the lead-up to his run for president, Mr. Perry deemed a measure to outlaw so-called sanctuary cities in Texas a legislative emergency.
Nor could anyone fail to spot that the process has been a mess – first there was the extraordinary legislative emergency stop, and then indecipherable organograms emerged from the wreckage.
Forty-two hospinals in the state told a legislative committee that emergency department visits are down 2percentt so far this year, and that the number of emergency room visits by uninsured patients fell by 24percentt.
At a legislative hearing earlier this week, emergency experts and lawmakers pointed to numerous problems with the town's evacuation and said the state must work to improve its warning system.
Hoping to pressure out-of-state electricity sellers accused of exploiting California during the long energy emergency, a legislative committee on Monday urged Gov. Gray Davis to begin seizing power plants.
A legislative analysis says the legislation will appropriate $50 million for a statewide emergency preparedness campaign and local grants.
The NEA originally allowed legislators to cancel emergency powers with a concurrent resolution — a legislative vehicle that does not require presidential signature to become effective.
