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Mayoral Proclamation of a State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 (filed Civil District Court No. 2020-02449, Div. F-7)

Mayoral Proclamation of a State of Emergency Due to COVID-19

Mayor LaToya Cantrell · City of New Orleans / Parish of Orleans, Louisiana (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of New Orleans / Parish of Orleans, Louisiana · New Orleans and Baton Rouge · Louisiana
Level
City
Authority
La. R.S. 29:721 et seq. (Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act), La. R.S. 29:727; La. R.S. 40:1387; Home Rule Charter
Issued
2020-03-11 Mar. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-03-11 (filed 6:24 p.m.) (read as 2020-03-11)
End
Continuing through 2021-09-30 and beyond (recited as continuing in LC 21-05 of Aug. 19, 2021, Ex. 032, and as the predicate of the Oct. 29, 2021 NOHD guidelines, Ex. 031) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 11, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all City departments, boards and agencies
  • the public
  • private property owners (commandeering power)
Functions reached
  • EMER predicate for every New Orleans order
  • OF City offices and agencies commandeered
Collection
New Orleans and Baton Rouge MET-MSY

Operative words

do hereby declare pursuant to La. R.S. 29:727 that due to the above-recited circumstances, a state of emergency exists in the City of New Orleans, warranting the use of all extraordinary measures appropriate to ensure public health, safety, welfare, and convenience.... The Emergency Authority is hereby empowered to suspend the provisions of any regulatory ordinance prescribing the procedures for conduct of local business... if strict compliance with the provisions of any ordinance, order, rule, or regulation would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping with the emergency.

Enforcement

La. R.S. 29:727(G) (fine up to $500 or six months, recited in later proclamations); Superintendent of Police commands all peace officers under La. R.S. 40:1387

Notes

Predicate instrument; declared before the first New Orleans death and two days after the first Louisiana case (Mar. 9, 2020). Four pages, filed in Civil District Court.

Retrieval note

Scanned signed original; pages 1-4 read by rendering to PNG.

A record of The COVID Project. The instrument's text is the source's; the summary fields are The COVID Project's reading of it. Not legal advice.