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Emergency Proclamation (COVID-19)

Proclamation declaring a state of emergency to support ongoing State and county responses to COVID-19

Governor David Y. Ige · Hawaii (State)

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Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Level
State
Authority
HRS ch. 127A, 127A-2, 127A-12, 127A-13, 127A-14, 127A-16, 127A-30
Issued
2020-03-04 Mar. 4, 2020
Effective
2020-03-04
End
2020-04-29 (extended and superseded by successive proclamations; emergency continued to 2022-03-25) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • State and county agencies
  • the public
Functions reached
  • predicate for all Hawaii instruments
Collection
Hawaii HI

Operative words

I, DAVID Y. IGE, Governor of the State of Hawai'i, hereby determine that the conditions described herein are of such character and magnitude to constitute an emergency or disaster as contemplated by sections 127A-2 and 127A-14, Hawaii Revised Statutes... I FURTHER DECLARE that the disaster emergency relief period shall commence immediately and continue through April 29, 2020

Enforcement

Predicate for HRS 127A-25 rules and 127A-29 misdemeanor penalties in successor proclamations

Notes

Activates the Major Disaster Fund; suspends procurement and related statutes; anti-price-gouging under HRS 127A-30

Retrieval note

HIEMA (the State's emergency management agency) reproduction of the full proclamation text; signed PDF not separately archived.