{"id":"MN-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tim Walz","authority":"Minn. Stat. ch. 12 (Minnesota Emergency Management Act), secs. 12.21, 12.31 (peacetime emergency), 12.32 (force and effect of law upon Executive Council approval), 12.45 (penalty)","instrument":"Emergency Executive Order 20-01","title":"Declaring a Peacetime Emergency and Coordinating Minnesota\u0027s Strategy to Protect Minnesotans from COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"2021-07-01 11:59 p.m. (terminated by Laws 2021, 1st Spec. Sess., ch. 12, art. 2, sec. 23); extended every 30 days by EO 20-35 (Apr. 13, 2020), 20-53 (May 13, to June 12), 20-75 (June 12, to July 13), 20-78 (July 13, to Aug. 12), 20-83 (Aug. 12, to Sept. 11), 20-89 (Sept. 11, to Oct. 12), 20-92 (Oct. 12, to Nov. 12), 20-97 (Nov. 12, to Dec. 14), 20-100 (Dec. 14, to Jan. 13, 2021), 21-04 (Jan. 13, to Feb. 12), 21-08 (Feb. 12, to Mar. 15), 21-12 (Mar. 15, to Apr. 14), 21-19 (Apr. 14, to May 14), 21-22 (May 14, to June 14), 21-24 (June 14, to July 14, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["State agencies","the public"],"clause":"For these reasons, I declare a peacetime emergency in Minnesota and order as follows: 1. In consultation with federal, state, and local partners, tribal nations, relevant experts,...","enforcement":"Predicate: every subsequent emergency order recites that when approved by the Executive Council and filed with the Secretary of State \u0027such orders and rules have the force and effect of law during the peacetime emergency. Any inconsistent rules or ordinances of any agency or political subdivision of the state are suspended\u0027 (Minn. Stat. sec. 12.32) and that willful violation \u0027is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days\u0027 (sec. 12.45)","functions":["all (predicate)"],"notes":"Predicate for every Minnesota COVID-19 order; each operating order \u0027remains in effect until the peacetime emergency declared in Executive Order 20-01 is terminated or until it is rescinded by proper authority\u0027. Extension chain dates verified from each order\u0027s text at leg.mn.gov; EO 20-35 and 21-24 saved as MN-013 and MN-040.","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/execorders/20-01.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":688248,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MN","url":"/library/MN-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-001","citation":"Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-01 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MN-001)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-013","MN-040","MN-003","MN-002","MN-004","MN-005","MN-007","MN-006","MN-008","MN-009","MN-012","MN-014"]}