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State of Disaster Emergency Proclamation

Proclamation declaring a State of Disaster Emergency for the State of Kansas (COVID-19)

Governor Laura Kelly · Kansas (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kansas
Level
State
Authority
Kan. Const. art. I, sec. 3; Kansas Emergency Management Act, K.S.A. 48-924
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12
End
Ratified and continued through May 1, 2020 by HCR 5025 (Mar. 19, 2020); replaced by the Apr. 30, 2020 and May 26, 2020 proclamations; the emergency chain expired June 15, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all 105 counties
  • state agencies
Functions reached
  • predicate for all functions
Collection
Kansas KS

Operative words

State of Disaster Emergency proclaimed for all 105 counties of Kansas under the Kansas Emergency Management Act (predicate for Executive Orders 20-03 through 20-34).

Enforcement

K.S.A. 48-939 (violation of KEMA orders a class A misdemeanor) applies to orders issued under the declaration.

Notes

Predicate only. Recited in every executive order and in Kan. Sup. Ct. AO 2020-PR-032 and 2020-PR-047.

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF read by rendering; date and content confirmed by HCR 5025 and the court orders.

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