{"id":"MT-001","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Steve Bullock","authority":"Mont. Const. art. VI, secs. 4 and 13; Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-103, 10-3-104, 10-3-302","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2-2020","title":"Executive Order Declaring a State of Emergency to Exist Within the State of Montana Related to the Communicable Disease COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus","dateIssued":"2020-03-12","effective":"2020-03-12","end":"2021-01-13 (rescinded by Executive Order 2-2021, Ex. MT-019)","startDate":"2020-03-12","endDate":"2021-01-13","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["all officers and agencies of the State","the public"],"clause":"EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO EXIST WITHIN THE STATE OF MONTANA RELATED TO THE COMMUNICABLE DISEASE COVID-19 NOVEL CORONAVIRUS... WHEREAS, proactively implementing mitigation measures to slow the spread of the virus is in the best interests of the State of Montana and its people","enforcement":"Predicate for the Governor\u0027s powers under Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104(2) (suspend regulatory statutes; control ingress and egress, movement of persons and occupancy of premises) invoked in every Directive","functions":["predicate for all MT restrictions"],"notes":"Declared when Montana had no confirmed case; every Bullock Directive recites \u0027Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 declare that a state of emergency exists in Montana\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://formergovernors.mt.gov/bullock/docs/2020EOs/EO-02-2020_COVID-19%20Emergency%20Declaration.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":245651,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MT","url":"/library/MT-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MT-001","citation":"Governor Steve Bullock, Executive Order No. 2-2020 (Mar. 12, 2020) (Ex. MT-001)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-019","DUT-MT-008","MT-002","MT-003","MT-004","MT-005","MT-023","MT-006","MT-007","MT-008","MT-024","MT-009"]}