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Executive Order No. 2-2020

Executive Order Declaring a State of Emergency to Exist Within the State of Montana Related to the Communicable Disease COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus

Governor Steve Bullock · Montana (State)

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Jurisdiction
Montana
Level
State
Authority
Mont. Const. art. VI, secs. 4 and 13; Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-103, 10-3-104, 10-3-302
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12
End
2021-01-13 (rescinded by Executive Order 2-2021, Ex. MT-019) (read as 2021-01-13)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to Jan. 13, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all officers and agencies of the State
  • the public
Functions reached
  • predicate for all MT restrictions
Collection
Montana MT

Operative words

EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO EXIST WITHIN THE STATE OF MONTANA RELATED TO THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COVID-19 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS... WHEREAS, proactively implementing mitigation measures to slow the spread of the virus is in the best interests of the State of Montana and its people

Enforcement

Predicate for the Governor's powers under Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104(2) (suspend regulatory statutes; control ingress and egress, movement of persons and occupancy of premises) invoked in every Directive

Notes

Declared when Montana had no confirmed case; every Bullock Directive recites 'Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 declare that a state of emergency exists in Montana'

Retrieval note

Bundled row (NGA, verified_secondary) upgraded by reading the order.