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Resolution Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency

Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020)

Bucks County Board of Commissioners (Diane Ellis-Marseglia, Robert Harvie Jr., Gene DiGirolamo) · Bucks County, Pennsylvania (County)

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Jurisdiction
Bucks County, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania
Level
County
Authority
Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa.C.S. section 7501
Issued
2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
Effective
2020-03-13
End
Extended through at least July 16, 2020 (county vote reported); 2021 status not verified; a further Resolution Ratifying Declaration of Disaster Emergency was adopted Jan. 5, 2022 (county index) (read as 2020-07-16)
In force
Mar. 13, 2020 to July 16, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • Bucks County government and agencies
Functions reached
  • OF county offices and procurement
Collection
Philadelphia MET-PHL

Operative words

Not read (scanned PDF without a text layer); the county's Ordinances and Resolutions index lists '03-18-2020 - Ratifying and Extending Declaration of Disaster Emergency'

Enforcement

Emergency-powers declaration; no direct penalties

Notes

Predicate only; the Bucks County Health Department (Director David Damsker) issued no county-wide mandatory business or mask order in the period (county 'Masking Updates' page of July 2021, read: 'There is no longer a statewide requirement to wear masks')

Retrieval note

Existence and date from the county's own index; text not read.

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