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Executive Order No. 2020-15

State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

Governor Henry McMaster · South Carolina (State)

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Jurisdiction
South Carolina
Level
State
Authority
S.C. Const. art. IV, § 17; S.C. Code §§ 1-3-420, 25-1-440
Issued
2020-03-28 Mar. 28, 2020
Effective
2020-03-28, fifteen days (read as 2020-03-28)
End
2020-04-12 (superseded by EO 2020-23) (read as 2020-04-12)
In force
Mar. 28, 2020 to Apr. 12, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • the State
Functions reached
  • predicate: keeps EO 2020-09 to -14 in force
Collection
South Carolina SC

Operative words

I hereby declare that a State of Emergency exists in South Carolina... [prior COVID-19 Orders] shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of the State of Emergency declared herein

Enforcement

As in the continued orders

Notes

Second declaration of the chain.

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