{"id":"DUT-LA-008","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes)","authority":"La. Const. art. III; Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act, R.S. 29:760 et seq. (Acts 2003, No. 1206, as amended)","instrument":"La. R.S. 29:769 (special powers during a state of public health emergency; control of property)","title":"Special powers during a state of public health emergency: the Governor\u0027s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, in consultation with the Secretary of Health, may \u0027close, direct and compel evacuation of, or... decontaminate... any facility of which there is a reasonable cause to believe that it may endanger the public health,\u0027 and may control facilities, materials, roads and public areas","dateIssued":"2022-07-01","effective":"standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3","end":"standing","startDate":"2022-07-01","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","EMER","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["owners or persons in control of premises (\u0027any facility\u0027); employers; specified businesses"],"clause":"may exercise, in accordance with such declaration of public health emergency and for such period as the state of public health emergency exists, the following powers over facilities and materials: (1) To close, direct and compel evacuation of, or to decontaminate or cause to be decontaminated any facility of which there is a reasonable cause to believe that it may endanger the public health.","enforcement":"R.S. 29:724(E) (Ex. DUT-LA-006): fine up to $500 or confinement up to six months, or both","functions":[],"notes":"Places every facility in the State under the standing power of closure, evacuation and compelled decontamination for the duration of a declared public health emergency (March 11, 2020 to March 16, 2022); the owner or operator of any premises operated under that power, and the sanitation and disinfection conditions in the proclamations were its exercise in general form. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=207685","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":273641,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-LA","url":"/library/DUT-LA-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-LA-008","citation":"Louisiana Legislature (codified in the Louisiana Revised Statutes), La. R.S. 29:769 (special powers during a state of public health emergency; control of property) (standing) (Ex. DUT-LA-008)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":["DUT-LA-006","DUT-LA-004"]}