{"id":"AK-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Mike Dunleavy","authority":"AS 26.23.020 (Alaska Disaster Act); AS 18.15.390; commissioner\u0027s certification of Mar. 11, 2020 under AS 26.23.900(2)(E)","instrument":"Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) and the Governor\u0027s COVID-19 Disaster Packet describing it","title":"Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency, March 11, 2020","dateIssued":"2020-03-11","effective":"2020-03-11","end":"Extended by SB 241 sec. 2 (ch. 10, SLA 2020) to Nov. 15, 2020 (AK-002); expired Nov. 15, 2020 (recited in Outbreak Health Orders, AK-032)","startDate":"2020-03-11","endDate":"2020-11-15","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["State agencies","the public"],"clause":"This declaration will allow the governor to exercise his emergency powers to help meet, mitigate, and respond to the dangers posed by COVID-19.... In conjunction with AS 18.15.390, and in coordination with DMVA, provide greater authority to respond quickly to an outbreak in appropriate circumstances, including by: Close, direct, compel evacuation of, or decontamination of any facility if there is reasonable cause to believe the facility may endanger public health (Disaster Packet). \u0027on March 11, 2020, the governor issued a declaration of a public health disaster emergency under AS 26.23.020 in anticipation of the spread of COVID-19 to the state\u0027 (SB 241 sec. 1(5); HB 76 sec. 1(1)).","enforcement":"Predicate for the Health Mandates; each Mandate recites that it is issued under this declaration; violations of Mandates punishable under AS 12.55.035 and 12.55.135 (see AK-012, AK-013)","functions":["predicate for every AK instrument"],"notes":"Its existence, date, statutory basis and effect are stated in the Governor\u0027s own packet (this exhibit), in SB 241 sec. 1, in HB 76 sec. 1 and in the recitals of every Health Mandate and of the Nov. 6, Dec. 15, 2020 and Jan. 14, 2021 declarations (AK-023, AK-025, AK-026).","sourceUrl":"https://gov.alaska.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/COVID-19-Disaster-Packet.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200319210032/https://gov.alaska.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/COVID-19-Disaster-Packet.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":308173,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AK","url":"/library/AK-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AK-001","citation":"Governor Mike Dunleavy, Declaration of Public Health Disaster Emergency (COVID-19) and the Governor\u0027s COVID-19 Disaster Packet describing it (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AK-001)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["AK-002","AK-032","AK-023","AK-025","AK-026","AK-012","AK-013","DUT-AK-002"]}