{"id":"DUT-VT-011","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 20, chapter 1, Emergency Management)","authority":"Vt. Const. ch. II, sec. 20 (executive power); 20 V.S.A. sec. 1 (purpose and policy)","instrument":"20 V.S.A. sec. 9 (Emergency powers of Governor)","title":"Emergency powers of Governor","dateIssued":"2021-01-01","effective":"standing; text as in force in 2020-2021; the section was the recited authority of every order in the chain from March 13, 2020 (Ex. VT-001: \u0027under 20 V.S.A. secs. 8, 9 and 11\u0027)","end":"standing","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises; State and local boards of health"],"clause":"the Governor may proclaim a state of emergency... (1) To enforce all laws, rules, and regulations relating to emergency management... (4) To employ such measures and give such directions to the State or local boards of health as may be reasonably necessary for the purpose of securing compliance with the provisions of this chapter.","enforcement":"20 V.S.A. sec. 24 (criminal: fine up to $500 or six months, or both) (Ex. DUT-VT-012); 20 V.S.A. sec. 40 as in force 2020-2021 (civil: $1,000 per violation per day; Attorney General\u0027s injunction) (Ex. VT-103)","functions":[],"notes":"Upon the Governor\u0027s declaration of a state of emergency (Executive Order 01-20, March 13, 2020), every person in the State to obey the emergency management laws and rules the Governor enforces and the directions given to State and local boards of health, with the further powers to utilize State and municipal officers and agencies and to order evacuations; the orders and rules made under 20 V.S.A. secs. 8(1) and 9 are the \u0027rule or order adopted pursuant to this chapter\u0027 whose violation 20 V.S.A. secs. 24 and 40 punish. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/20/001/00009","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210101000000/https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/20/001/00009","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":46969,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-VT","url":"/library/DUT-VT-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VT-011","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 20, chapter 1, Emergency Management), 20 V.S.A. sec. 9 (Emergency powers of Governor) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-011)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["VT-001","VT-014","VT-015","VT-025","VT-034","DUT-VT-012","VT-103"]}