{"id":"DUT-PA-004","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania","authority":"Police power of the Commonwealth","instrument":"Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Chapter 77, sec. 7707)","title":"35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7707, Penalties","dateIssued":"1978-11-26","effective":"Standing law throughout 2020 and 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"1978-11-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER"],"addressees":["persons generally"],"clause":"Any person violating any of the plans and programs adopted and promulgated by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council shall, upon conviction... in a summary proceeding, be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding $200 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days or both, for the first offense, and a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days or both, for each subsequent offense.","enforcement":"First offense: fine up to $200 or imprisonment up to 30 days or both; each subsequent offense: fine up to $500 or imprisonment up to 90 days or both (sec. 7707(a))","functions":[],"notes":"Made violation of the Emergency Management Council\u0027s adopted plans and programs a summary offense. Recorded exactly: the section reaches the Council\u0027s \u0027plans and programs\u0027; the Commonwealth\u0027s designated citation provisions for violations of the Governor\u0027s and Secretary\u0027s COVID-19 orders were 71 P.S. sec. 1409 and 35 P.S. sec. 521.20(a) (Ex. DUT-PA-010).","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/35/00.077.007.000..HTM","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":41101,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-PA","url":"/library/DUT-PA-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-PA-004","citation":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Chapter 77, sec. 7707) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-004)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["DUT-PA-010","DUT-PA-003"]}