{"id":"DUT-IL-002","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Illinois","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act)","authority":"Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305; Ill. Const. art. V","instrument":"20 ILCS 3305/7 (Emergency Powers of the Governor)","title":"Emergency powers of the Governor upon a disaster proclamation, including control of the movement of persons and the occupancy of premises","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER","STAY","CLOSE","GATH"],"addressees":["persons generally; all businesses and premises in the disaster area (every Illinois county from March 9, 2020)"],"clause":"In the event of a disaster, as defined in Section 4, the Governor may, by proclamation declare that a disaster exists. Upon such proclamation, the Governor shall have and may exercise for a period not to exceed 30 days the following emergency powers... (8) To control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises therein.","enforcement":"The IEMA Act contains no general criminal penalty of its own for a person\u0027s violation of a gubernatorial order; the orders recite enforcement \u0027pursuant to, inter alia, Section 7, Section 15, Section 18, and Section 19\u0027 (IL-005 ¶ 17; IL-013; IL-019), and the business-level penalty was supplied through 20 ILCS 2305/8.1 by IDPH\u0027s emergency rule 690.50 (DUT-IL-004, DUT-IL-014)","functions":[],"notes":"Section 7 is the recited authority of every Illinois COVID-19 executive order (IL-005 recites 7(1), (2), (8), (10), (12)); paragraph (8) is the power over \u0027the movement of persons\u0027 and \u0027the occupancy of premises\u0027 from which the stay-at-home, closure, capacity, gathering and face-covering requirements issued, and paragraph (12) the power to \u0027control, restrict, and regulate\u0027 the use, sale or distribution of goods. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://ilga.gov/Documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/002033050K7.htm","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20250828233407/https://www.ilga.gov/documents/legislation/ilcs/documents/002033050K7.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":118910,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-IL","url":"/library/DUT-IL-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-IL-002","citation":"Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act), 20 ILCS 3305/7 (Emergency Powers of the Governor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-IL-002)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["IL-005","DUT-IL-010","IL-013","IL-019","DUT-IL-004","DUT-IL-014","DUT-IL-015"]}