{"id":"DUT-WA-008","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Washington State Legislature","authority":"Wash. Const. art. III; chapter 43.06 RCW (Governor)","instrument":"RCW 43.06.010(12)","title":"General powers and duties [of the Governor]—Proclamation of a state of emergency","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["the Governor (whose proclamations bind persons generally and every business)"],"clause":"The governor may, after finding that a public disorder, disaster, energy emergency, or riot exists within this state or any part thereof which affects life, health, property, or the public peace, proclaim a state of emergency in the area affected, and the powers granted the governor during a state of emergency shall be effective only within the area described in the proclamation","enforcement":"Orders issued under the proclaimed emergency are enforced through RCW 43.06.220(5) (gross misdemeanor) and RCW 38.52.150(2)","functions":[],"notes":"The predicate power for Proclamation 20-05 (Feb. 29, 2020) and every amendment; the Ninth Circuit held in Slidewaters that the pandemic \u0027was both a public disorder and a disaster affecting life and health in Washington\u0027 within this subsection.","sourceUrl":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=43.06.010","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210201032854/https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=43.06.010","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1202574,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-WA","url":"/library/DUT-WA-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-WA-008","citation":"Washington State Legislature, RCW 43.06.010(12) (standing) (Ex. DUT-WA-008)","stateName":"Washington","related":["LAW-340"]}