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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Vt. Const. ch. II, sec. 20 (executive power); 20 V.S.A. sec. 1 (purpose and policy)
- Issued
- 2021-01-01 Jan. 1, 2021
- Effective
- standing; text as in force in 2020-2021; the section was the recited authority of every order in the chain from March 13, 2020 (Ex. VT-001: 'under 20 V.S.A. secs. 8, 9 and 11') (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Mar. 13, 2020 (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
- persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises; State and local boards of health
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Vermont DUT-VT
Operative words
the Governor may proclaim a state of emergency... (1) To enforce all laws, rules, and regulations relating to emergency management... (4) To employ such measures and give such directions to the State or local boards of health as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
Penalty
20 V.S.A. sec. 24 (criminal: fine up to $500 or six months, or both) (Ex. DUT-VT-012); 20 V.S.A. sec. 40 as in force 2020-2021 (civil: $1,000 per violation per day; Attorney General's injunction) (Ex. VT-103)
What it required
Upon the Governor's declaration of a state of emergency (Executive Order 01-20, March 13, 2020), every person in the State to obey the emergency management laws and rules the Governor enforces and the directions given to State and local boards of health, with the further powers to utilize State and municipal officers and agencies and to order evacuations; the orders and rules made under 20 V.S.A. secs. 8(1) and 9 are the 'rule or order adopted pursuant to this chapter' whose violation 20 V.S.A. secs. 24 and 40 punish. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteThe Archive resolves it to the nearest capture): the text as in force in 2020-2021, before the 2024 and 2025 amendments. The text reads 'the Governor may proclaim a state of emergency' and lists eleven powers, including '(1) To enforce all laws, rules, and regulations relating to emergency management and to assume direct operational control of all emergency management personnel and helpers', '(4) To employ such measures and give such directions to the State or local boards of health as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of this chapter', '(5) To utilize the services and facilities of existing officers, and agencies of the State and of the cities and towns of the State' and '(9) To order the evacuation of persons living or working within all or a portion of an area for which a state of emergency has been proclaimed'. Every order in the library recites 'the emergency powers set forth in 20 V.S.A. secs. 8, 9 and 11' as its authority (Exs. VT-001, VT-014, VT-015, VT-025, VT-034). A render of the current (2025) text was made first during the Archive outage and discarded when the archived capture was obtained.