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Executive Order 2020-1

Declaration of State of Emergency

Mayor Jorge O. Elorza · City of Providence, Rhode Island (City)

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Jurisdiction
City of Providence, Rhode Island · Rhode Island
Level
City
Authority
R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15 (local disaster emergencies); Providence Code of Ordinances ch. 7 (§§ 7-1 et seq.)
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12
End
Extended by the City Council and by supplemental orders through 2021 (EO 2021-9 recites continuation through Sept. 14, 2021) (read as 2021-09-14)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 14, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • the City of Providence and its residents and businesses
Functions reached
  • all (predicate for the City's supplemental orders)
Collection
Rhode Island RI

Operative words

WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020 the State of Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo issued Executive Order 20-02 declaring a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19... [a state of emergency is declared for the City of Providence].

Enforcement

Providence Code ch. 7; R.I. Gen. Laws § 30-15-13

Notes

The capital city's own emergency, three days after the State's.