{"id":"AR-004","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arkansas","state":"AR","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Asa Hutchinson","authority":"Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-101 et seq.","instrument":"Executive Order 20-16","title":"Executive Order to Amend Executive Order 20-03... for the Purpose of Extending Executive Order 20-06 to Assist State Agencies in Rendering Maximum Assistance to the Citizens of Arkansas","dateIssued":"2020-04-13","effective":"2020-04-13","end":"Duration of the emergency (incorporated in EO 20-37 through EO 20-53)","startDate":"2020-04-13","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["EMER","OTHER"],"addressees":["all State agencies"],"clause":"order all state agencies to continue to identify provisions of any regulatory statute, agency order or rule that in any way prevents, hinders, or delays the agency\u0027s ability to render maximum assistance to the citizens of this state while they are adhering to guidelines to prohibit the spread of disease... Once posted by the agency, those identified statutes, orders, and rules are hereby suspended for the duration of this emergency","enforcement":"Emergency Services Act","functions":["CT agencies, licensing boards (rule suspensions)","HR licensing"],"notes":"Recites that EO 20-06 (Mar. 17, 2020) suspended identified statutes and rules for thirty days and that \u0027Many citizens of this state are temporarily without employment due to the closure of businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/executiveOrders/EO_20-16._.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200610055125/https://governor.arkansas.gov/images/uploads/executiveOrders/EO_20-16._.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":172980,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AR","url":"/library/AR-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AR-004","citation":"Governor Asa Hutchinson, Executive Order 20-16 (Apr. 13, 2020) (Ex. AR-004)","stateName":"Arkansas","related":["AR-003","AR-002","AR-005","AR-001","AR-006","AR-007","AR-008"]}