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Executive Order No. 103 (2020)

Declaration of a Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (Civilian Defense and Disaster Control Act); N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq. (Emergency Health Powers Act)
Issued
2020-03-09 Mar. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-03-09 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-09)
End
Public Health Emergency terminated June 4, 2021 by EO 244 para. 1 after extensions by EOs 119, 138, 151, 162, 171, 180, 186, 191, 200, 210, 215, 222, 231, 235 and 240; State of Emergency continued (EO 244 para. 2; P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 4) throughout 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 9, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • every person or entity in this State or doing business in this State
  • all State agencies
Functions reached
  • predicate for every function reached by the orders below
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

"DO DECLARE and PROCLAIM that a Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency exist in the State of New Jersey"... para. 4: "It shall be the duty of every person or entity in this State or doing business in this State... to cooperate fully with the State Director of Emergency Management and the Commissioner of DOH in all matters concerning this state of emergency."... para. 6: "I authorize and empower the executive head of any agency or instrumentality of the State government with authority to promulgate rules to waive, suspend, or modify any existing rule, where the enforcement of which would be detrimental to the public welfare during this emergency"... para. 14: "This Order shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect until such time as it is determined by me that an emergency no longer exists."

Enforcement

N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50 (disorderly persons offense; recited in every subsequent COVID-19 order); para. 11 reserves powers under N.J.S.A. App. A:9-34 and -51

Notes

Predicate instrument for every New Jersey executive order, NJOEM Administrative Order, Department of Health Executive Directive and rule waiver of 2020-2021. The State of Emergency was in force on every day of every claimable quarter.

Retrieval note

Read from nj.gov. Extension chain read from the recitals of EO 240 (NJ-048) and EO 252 (NJ-056).

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