The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Police power of the Commonwealth
- Issued
- 1978-11-26 Nov. 26, 1978
- Effective
- Standing law throughout 2020 and 2021 (read as 1978-11-26)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Nov. 26, 1978 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationStanding duty
- Addressees
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Pennsylvania DUT-PA
Operative words
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.
Penalty
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))
What it required
Made violation of the Emergency Management Council's adopted plans and programs a summary offense. Recorded exactly: the section reaches the Council's 'plans and programs'; the Commonwealth's designated citation provisions for violations of the Governor's and Secretary's COVID-19 orders were 71 P.S. sec. 1409 and 35 P.S. sec. 521.20(a) (Ex. DUT-PA-010).
Retrieval noteOfficial General Assembly section page rendered to PDF. Included so the emergency-management penalty is stated as the text has it and not overstated.