{"id":"ND-077","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of Governor Doug Burgum (news release)","authority":"N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1","instrument":"Governor\u0027s release, \u0027Burgum to lift COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 30; vaccination efforts remain top priority\u0027 (Apr. 21, 2021)","title":"Announcement that the emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 ends April 30, 2021; \u0027The State of North Dakota currently has no enforced business or event protocols related to COVID-19, though local measures or orders may still be in place\u0027; the mask requirement\u0027s \u0027shortest among states\u0027 duration","dateIssued":"2021-04-21","effective":"2021-04-30","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-04-30","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["EMER","OTHER"],"addressees":["the public","state agencies"],"clause":"The State of North Dakota currently has no enforced business or event protocols related to COVID-19, though local measures or orders may still be in place. A statewide mask requirement, implemented by the state health officer with Burgum\u0027s support on Nov. 18 as hospitals and health care workers were overwhelmed with patients and COVID-related deaths were peaking, was lifted Jan. 18, making its 65-day duration the shortest among states that implemented such requirements.... Lifting the emergency declaration on April 30 will eliminate the remaining pandemic-related executive orders.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["chronology; preemption analysis (local orders acknowledged)"],"notes":"The State\u0027s own admission that local orders continued after State protocols ended.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-lift-covid-19-emergency-declaration-april-30-vaccination-efforts-remain-top-priority","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210421165333/https://www.governor.nd.gov/news/burgum-lift-covid-19-emergency-declaration-april-30-vaccination-efforts-remain-top-priority","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":73066,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ND","url":"/library/ND-077","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ND-077","citation":"Office of Governor Doug Burgum (news release), Governor\u0027s release, \u0027Burgum to lift COVID-19 emergency declaration on April 30; vaccination efforts remain top priority\u0027 (Apr. 21, 2021) (Ex. ND-077)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["ND-061"]}