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Ex. DUT-WA-009 Standing duty Primary source read

RCW 38.52.150

Orders, rules, regulations—Enforcement—Availability—Penalty

Washington State Legislature · Washington (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Washington
Level
State
Authority
Chapter 38.52 RCW (Emergency Management Act)
Effective
standing
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationStanding duty
Addressees
  • persons generally; emergency-management organizations and officers (enforcement duty)
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Washington DUT-WA

Operative words

(2)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, every violation of any rule, regulation, or order issued under the authority of this chapter is a misdemeanor. (b) A second offense hereunder the same is a gross misdemeanor.

Penalty

Misdemeanor; second offense a gross misdemeanor (RCW 38.52.150(2))

What it required

Makes every violation of any gubernatorial order issued under the Emergency Management Act (which every Washington COVID-19 proclamation recites, 'under Chapters 38.08, 38.52 and 43.06 RCW') a misdemeanor, and a second offense a gross misdemeanor, and commands every emergency-management organization to enforce those orders.

Retrieval note

Companion to RCW 43.06.220(5) (Ex. LAW-340: 'Any person willfully violating any provision of an order issued by the governor under this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor'), which every proclamation recites.

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