{"id":"DUT-PA-003","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania","authority":"Police power of the Commonwealth; Pa. Const. art. IV","instrument":"Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301)","title":"35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7301, General authority of Governor","dateIssued":"1978-11-26","effective":"Standing law throughout 2020 and 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"1978-11-26","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER","STAY","CLOSE"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners and occupants of premises; every business in the disaster area (the whole Commonwealth from Mar. 6, 2020 to June 10, 2021)"],"clause":"(b) Executive orders, proclamations and regulations.--Under this part, the Governor may issue, amend and rescind executive orders, proclamations and regulations which shall have the force and effect of law.... (f) Additional powers.--... the Governor may:... (7) Control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area and the occupancy of premises therein.","enforcement":"None in sec. 7301 itself. The Commonwealth charged violations of the Governor\u0027s and Secretary\u0027s orders under 35 P.S. sec. 521.20(a) and 71 P.S. sec. 1409 (Ex. DUT-PA-010), and against licensees through the Liquor Code (Ex. DUT-PA-018) and the food-safety statutes (Ex. DUT-PA-017); 35 Pa.C.S. sec. 7707 (Ex. DUT-PA-004) penalizes violations of the Emergency Management Council\u0027s plans and programs.","functions":[],"notes":"Gave every gubernatorial COVID-19 order \u0027the force and effect of law\u0027 and authorized the Governor, during the disaster emergency proclaimed Mar. 6, 2020 (PA-001), to control \u0027the movement of persons within the area and the occupancy of premises therein\u0027 and to suspend regulatory statutes, so that every closure, stay-at-home, occupancy, telework and mitigation order in States/PA bound its addressees as law. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/PDF/35/00.073.001.000..PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":140568,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-PA","url":"/library/DUT-PA-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-PA-003","citation":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Emergency Management Services Code, Title 35, Part V, Chapter 73, sec. 7301) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-003)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-001","PA-002","PA-006","PA-010","PA-011","PA-017","PA-023","DUT-PA-020","PA-039","PA-045","DUT-PA-010","DUT-PA-018"]}