{"id":"FL-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Florida","state":"FL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Ron DeSantis","authority":"Art. IV, s. 1(a), Fla. Const.; ch. 252, Fla. Stat. (State Emergency Management Act), ss. 252.36, 252.37, 252.38","instrument":"Executive Order 20-52","title":"Emergency Management - COVID-19 Public Health Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-09","effective":"2020-03-09 (immediate)","end":"2021-06-26 (sixty days after the last extension, EO 21-94 of Apr. 27, 2021; not renewed)","startDate":"2020-03-09","endDate":"2021-06-26","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["State agencies","political subdivisions","the public"],"clause":"Section 1. Because of the foregoing conditions, I declare a state of emergency exists in the State of Florida.... Section 2.... I delegate to the State Coordinating Officer the authority to exercise those powers delineated in sections 252.36(5)-(10), Florida Statutes... C. Suspend the effect of any statute, rule, or order that would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay any mitigation, response, or recovery action necessary to cope with this emergency.... Section 4.B. Each State agency may suspend the provisions of any regulatory statute prescribing the procedures for conduct of state business... E. All State agencies responsible for the use of State buildings and facilities may close such buildings and facilities","enforcement":"Predicate; violations of orders issued under ch. 252 are second-degree misdemeanors under s. 252.50, Fla. Stat.","functions":["predicate for every State order below","OF State buildings closures authorized"],"notes":"Extended by EO 20-114 (May 8, 2020), 20-166 (July 7), 20-192 (Aug. 5), 20-213 (Sept. 4), 20-276 (Nov. 3), 20-316 (Dec. 29), 21-45 (Feb. 26, 2021) and 21-94 (Apr. 27, 2021), each for sixty days (chain recited in EO 21-94 s. 1). Every DEM, DOH and DBPR emergency order below rests on it and expired with it.","sourceUrl":"https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-52.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200313100943/https://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/orders/2020/EO_20-52.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1619195,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"FL","url":"/library/FL-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/FL-001","citation":"Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-52 (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. FL-001)","stateName":"Florida","related":["SEC-02-GM-010","SEC-02-GM-024","SEC-02-GM-025","SEC-04-GM-017","SEC-06-GM-021","SEC-06-GM-061","SEC-12-GM-049","FL-002","FL-005","FL-006","FL-007","FL-008"]}