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- Jurisdiction
- City of Little Rock (Pulaski County), Arkansas · Arkansas
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-108 and the Arkansas Emergency Services Act; City police powers
- Issued
- 2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-26 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-03-26)
- End
- Not more than 120 days from filing absent Board of Directors renewal (i.e., by about July 24, 2020); actual lifting date not verified (read as 2020-07-24)
- In force
- Mar. 26, 2020 to July 24, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Curfew and hours
- Addressees
- all persons within the City
- Functions reached
- DR late-night dining
- BA bars
- PE entertainment
- HR night shifts (work travel exempt)
- CB
- Collection
- Arkansas AR
Operative words
on March 17, 2020... I declared a night time curfew between the hours of 12:00 midnight to 5:00 a.m. for all persons within the City... Section 1. Nothing in this Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency shall be utilized to interfere with commerce within the corporate limits of the City provided that no persons congregate, are in public, or otherwise remain outside in violation of the curfew; Section 2. A night time curfew between the hours of 9:00 p.m. until 5:00 a.m. the following morning will take effect at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, March 26, 2020... a. All persons within the City not engaged in one of the following listed activities shall remain indoors during the hours of the night time curfew; b. Activities not impacted by this curfew shall include driving or riding in an automobile... to or from work or a place of business within the City
Enforcement
Section 4: police and fire officials to inform and assist; citations only for other misdemeanors (obstruction, disorderly conduct) on failure to obey the lawful order
Notes
Permitted by EO 20-13 par. 12 and EO 20-25 par. 14 ('reasonable' local curfews). Wikipedia (citing KATV Mar. 16 and KTHV Mar. 25, 2020) records the Mar. 16 announcement and the Mar. 25 extension with a daytime curfew for minors from Mar. 30.
Retrieval noteScanned PDF; four pages read by OCR of the exhibit.