The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Nebraska
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Statute; Emergency Management Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 81-829.36 to 81-829.75
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- standing; the COVID-19 state of emergency ran Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021 (Ex. NE-001, NE-067) (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Mar. 13, 2020 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationBusiness closureTravel and quarantine
- Addressees
- the Governor; by proclamation and order, persons generally and premises
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: Nebraska DUT-NE
Operative words
A state of emergency proclamation shall be issued by the Governor if he or she finds that a disaster, emergency, or civil defense emergency has occurred... [the Governor may] Suspend the provisions of any regulatory statute... (g) Control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area, the movement of persons within the area, and the occupancy of premises in the area
Penalty
None in the Act (see DUT-NE-009 notes); the Governor's pandemic commands were carried into enforceable form by the Directed Health Measures
What it required
The statutory basis of the March 13, 2020 proclamation and of every executive order, including the power to control the movement of persons and the occupancy of premises. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteCross-reference; subsection (g) confirmed in the saved NE-100 text.