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Mayoral Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency

Mayoral Declaration of Local Public Health Emergency (COVID-19)

Mayor Jacob Frey · City of Minneapolis, Minnesota (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Minneapolis, Minnesota · Minneapolis-St. Paul · Minnesota
Level
City
Authority
Minn. Stat. 12.29; Minneapolis Code of Ordinances 128.50
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16
End
Continued by the City Council for the duration of the State peacetime emergency (Res. 2020R-075), then through Sept. 30, 2021 (Res. 2021R-177) and Nov. 7, 2021 (Res. 2021R-261); still in force Jan. 2022 (ER 2022-01) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • City departments
  • the public
Functions reached
  • predicate for every Minneapolis emergency regulation
Collection
Minneapolis-St. Paul MET-MSP

Operative words

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jacob Frey, Mayor of the City of Minneapolis, do hereby declare a Local Emergency pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Ch. 12.29, and Minneapolis Code of Ordinances (MCO), Section 128.50.... The emergency exists on the date of this declaration as indicated below and shall continue and remain in effect as long as the State of Minnesota peacetime emergency declaration remains in effect, pending initial ratification by official act of the Minneapolis City Council within seventy-two (72) hours of this declaration.

Enforcement

Predicate for emergency regulations under MCO 128.60; regulations expire after thirty days unless extended (declaration para. 4); violations of regulations are misdemeanors (Minn. Stat. 12.45; MCO 1.30, recited in the regulations)

Notes

Predicate only; the Council's ratifying and extending resolutions are Ex. MET-MSP-016 to -020.

Retrieval note

Render of the City's archived notice page carrying the declaration text.

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