Skip to content
The COVID Project
  1. Library
  2. Arkansas
  3. AR-032

Ex. AR-032 Order Primary source read

Act 403 of 2021 (SB 379)

An Act Concerning the Process for Emergency Declarations in the State of Arkansas; Concerning Directives Issued to Address a Statewide State of Disaster Emergency Related to Public Health; to Declare an Emergency

Arkansas General Assembly; approved by the Governor · Arkansas (State)

The COVID Project

The record

Jurisdiction
Arkansas
Level
State
Authority
Ark. Code Ann. 12-75-107 and 12-75-114 as amended
Issued
2021-03-19 Mar. 19, 2021
Effective
2021-03-19 (emergency clause) (read as 2021-03-19)
End
n/a (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 19, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • Governor
  • Legislative Council
  • Department of Health and State Board of Health
Functions reached
  • EMER predicate (explains the sixty-day terms of EO 21-14 and the May 30, 2021 expiry)
Collection
Arkansas AR

Operative words

12-75-107(b)(2)(B) A statewide state of disaster emergency related to public health under subsection (g) of this section shall not continue for longer than sixty (60) days unless renewed by the Governor, so long as the Legislative Council does not vote to deny the request for renewal.... (g)(3)(B) If the Governor desires to renew a statewide state of disaster emergency related to public health, he or she shall submit a written statement to the Legislative Council at least ten (10) days prior to the date on which the statewide state of disaster emergency related to public health will expire

Enforcement

Statute; concurrent-resolution termination procedure; Legislative Council veto of renewals and of directives

Notes

Also amends 12-75-114(e)(7) and adds (f) requiring Legislative Council review of public-health emergency orders and directives.

Retrieval note

Full text read; 'APPROVED: 3/19/21'.