{"id":"DE-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Delaware","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor John C. Carney","authority":"20 Del. C. ch. 31 (Delaware Emergency Management Act), §§ 3115, 3116","instrument":"Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat","title":"Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-13 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (issued 3:00 p.m. Mar. 12, 2020, as recited in every later Modification)","end":"2021-07-13 12:01 a.m. E.D.T. (Termination of July 12, 2021, Ex. DE-040); extended every thirty days (Apr. 10, May 8, June 6, July 6, Aug. 5, Sept. 3, Oct. 2, Oct. 30, Nov. 25, Dec. 24, 2020; Jan. 25, Feb. 19, Mar. 19, Apr. 16, May 14, June 13, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-07-13","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["the public","all State agencies","DEMA","DPH"],"clause":"The saved PDF is a scanned image without a text layer. Recited in the Fourth Modification: \u0027on March 12, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. E.D.T., I issued a State of Emergency due to the public health threat of COVID-19, which became effective as of 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. on March 13, 2020 (the \u0022COVID-19 State of Emergency\u0022)\u0027 and \u0027as of Friday, March 13, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. E.D.T., DPH and Delaware Emergency Management Agency (\u0022DEMA\u0022) were authorized to cancel gatherings should it be deemed necessary for public health reasons, and such cancellation shall not constitute a taking\u0027 (Ex. DE-005 at 1-2). Recited in the Ninth Modification: \u0027Paragraph 9 of the COVID-19 State of Emergency dated March 12, 2020\u0027 (price gouging) (Ex. DE-012 ¶ 3).","enforcement":"20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3116(9), 3122, 3125 (recited in every Modification as making non-compliance a criminal offense)","functions":["predicate for every Delaware instrument; DEMA/DPH gathering-cancellation power reached MK events and GATH"],"notes":"Predicate declaration; the Governor\u0027s release of Mar. 12, 2020 is at news.delaware.gov/2020/03/12/governor-carney-declares-state-of-emergency-to-prepare-for-spread-of-coronavirus-covid-19/.","sourceUrl":"https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/Executive-Orders/Carney/public-health/State-of-Emergency_03122020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":229773,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DE","url":"/library/DE-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DE-001","citation":"Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. DE-001)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["DE-040","DE-005","DE-006","DE-031","DE-002","DE-070","DE-003","DE-004","DE-007","DE-068","DE-009","DE-010"]}