{"id":"DUT-LA-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)","authority":"La. Const. art. III; Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act, R.S. 29:721 et seq. (Acts 1993, No. 800, as amended)","instrument":"La. R.S. 29:727 (parish homeland security and emergency preparedness agencies; local disaster or emergency declarations; powers of the parish president)","title":"Local disaster or emergency declarations by parish presidents (thirty days, renewable, ninety days with the governing authority\u0027s approval) and the parish president\u0027s powers during them, including to \u0027control ingress and egress to and from the affected area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein\u0027","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER","CAP","TRAV"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises within the parish"],"clause":"A local disaster or emergency may be declared only by the parish president... such authority may do any or all of the following:... (7) Control ingress and egress to and from the affected area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein.","enforcement":"R.S. 29:724(E) (Ex. DUT-LA-006): fine up to $500 or confinement up to six months for violating any order, rule or regulation promulgated under the Chapter","functions":[],"notes":"Supplied the statutory basis for parish and municipal COVID-19 emergency declarations and orders (the New Orleans orders in the metro library, MSY) controlling movement and the occupancy of premises, which every gubernatorial proclamation preserved (\u0027does not limit the ability of a local jurisdiction... from enacting more restrictive limitations,\u0027 Ex. LA-003; \u0027all local governing authorities... shall retain the authority to issue more restrictive measures,\u0027 Exs. LA-030 to LA-040). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=85673","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":274256,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-LA","url":"/library/DUT-LA-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-LA-016","citation":"Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:727 (parish homeland security and emergency preparedness agencies; local disaster or emergency declarations; powers of the parish president) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-016)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["LA-003","LA-030","LA-040","DUT-LA-006"]}