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- Jurisdiction
- Lewis and Clark County (Helena), Montana · Montana
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-402, -403 (local emergency); 50-2-116, -118
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13
- End
- Emergency declaration rescinded July 2021 (KTVH: 'The emergency declaration began on March 13, 2020'); rules unenforced from May 2021 (read as 2020-03-13)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Mar. 13, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement
- Addressees
- residents and businesses of Lewis and Clark County
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Montana MT
Operative words
The emergency declaration began on March 13, 2020, in response to COVID surging in the county, requesting residents to stay home and to wear a mask (KTVH)
Enforcement
Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-124 (rules); rescinded after HB 257
Notes
Helena Independent Record headlines ('Lewis & Clark Co. tightens public health rules ahead of change in governor', Jan. 2021; 'Lewis and Clark County no longer enforcing mask mandate', May 2021; 'Despite changes statewide, county's public health rules will remain', Jan. 2021) were located but the articles are paywalled and were not read
Retrieval noteDeclaration date and July 2021 rescission from KTVH; The Board's regulations PDF (lccountymt.gov/files/assets/county/v/1/health/documents/2020-02-25_-_regulations.pdf) was located but could not be retrieved.