{"id":"DC-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"District of Columbia","state":"DC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Muriel Bowser","authority":"D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422(11); D.C. Public Emergency Act of 1980 sec. 5, D.C. Official Code 7-2304; Natural Disaster Consumer Protection Act, D.C. Official Code 28-4102","instrument":"Mayor\u0027s Order 2020-045","title":"Declaration of Public Emergency: Coronavirus (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-11","effective":"2020-03-11 (immediately)","end":"Extended by Mayor\u0027s Orders 2020-050 (to Apr. 24, 2020), 2020-063 (May 15), 2020-066 (June 8), 2020-067 (July 24), 2020-079 (Oct. 9), 2020-103 (Dec. 31, 2020), 2020-127 and 2021-004 (Mar. 17, 2021), 2021-038 (May 20, 2021), 2021-069 (July 25, 2021), 2021-096 (Oct. 8, 2021), 2021-119 (Jan. 7, 2022); in force on Sept. 30, 2021","startDate":"2020-03-11","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["District agencies","the public"],"clause":"By this Order, a public emergency is declared in the District of Columbia, effective immediately.... the City Administrator, in consultation with the directors of the Department of Health and the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency (\u0022HSEMA\u0022), is authorized to implement any measures as may be necessary or appropriate to protect persons and property in the District of Columbia... including... Actions authorized under D.C. Official Code 7-2304(b)","enforcement":"D.C. Official Code 7-2304(b) emergency powers; price-gouging prohibition of the Natural Disaster Consumer Protection Act triggered by the declaration","functions":["EMER predicate for every District order through Jan. 7, 2022"],"notes":"Declares the World Health Organization\u0027s PHEIC designation \u0027a natural disaster\u0027 for purposes of the consumer protection act; directs procurement of quarantine sites and agency telework and leave policies","sourceUrl":"https://mayor.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mayormb/release_content/attachments/MO.DeclarationofPublicEmergency03.11.20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":684220,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DC","url":"/library/DC-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DC-001","citation":"Mayor Muriel Bowser, Mayor\u0027s Order 2020-045 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. DC-001)","stateName":"District of Columbia","related":["SEC-11-GM-026","SEC-11-GM-042","DC-002","DC-003","DC-004","DC-018","DC-017","DC-005","DC-006","DC-007","DC-008","DC-019"]}