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Ex. DUT-IL-018 Standing duty Primary source read

20 ILCS 3305/18 (Orders, Rules and Regulations)

Filing of every gubernatorial order with the Secretary of State; during a declared disaster every order becomes effective immediately upon filing

Illinois General Assembly (Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act) · Illinois (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305
Issued
2025-10-14 Oct. 14, 2025
Effective
standing (read as 2025-10-14)
End
standing
In force
Standing since Oct. 14, 2025 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationStanding duty
Addressees
  • the Governor (filing duty); every person and business bound by the orders from the moment of filing
Character
statutory duty
Collection
Standing duties: Illinois DUT-IL

Operative words

upon the declaration of a disaster by the Governor as is described in Section 7 the provision relating to the effective date of any rule, regulation, order or amendment issued under this Act and during the state of disaster is abrogated, and the rule, regulation, order or amendment shall become effective immediately upon being filed with the Secretary of State

Penalty

none stated in the section

What it required

Every executive order issued under the Act during the COVID-19 disaster took legal effect immediately on filing with the Secretary of State; the orders were published in the Illinois Register (e.g., EO 2020-61 at 44 Ill. Reg. 17833, cited in Fox Fire Tavern ¶ 41).

Retrieval note

Recited in every Illinois COVID-19 executive order's enforcement clause. The Wayback banner appears at the head of the rendered page.