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Executive Order 2020-215

State of Emergency (COVID-19)

Governor Andy Beshear · Kentucky (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kentucky
Level
State
Authority
KRS Chapter 39A (Statewide Emergency Management Programs)
Issued
2020-03-06 Mar. 6, 2020
Effective
2020-03-06
End
Extended by 2021 HJR 77 to June 28, 2021 (enjoined); extended by 2021 SS HJR 1 to Jan. 15, 2022 for federal-funding, SB 5 and SB 150 purposes (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 6, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all state agencies
  • Kentucky National Guard
  • the public
Functions reached
  • predicate for all functions
Collection
Kentucky KY

Operative words

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Andy Beshear, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Chapter 39A of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, declare that a State of Emergency exists in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and do hereby order and direct the issuance of appropriate state active duty orders... This order is effective March 6, 2020.

Enforcement

Predicate for every order issued under KRS ch. 39A; violations of implementing orders 'punishable as provided in KRS Chapter 39A' (EO 2020-257 para. 8)

Notes

Ratified by 2020 SB 150 sec. 1 (KY-012); upheld in Beshear v. Acree (KY-032); in force every day of every claimable quarter

Retrieval note

Scanned; OCR sidecar.ocr.txt.

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