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Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation (COVID-19)

Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation declaring all counties in the State of Illinois a disaster area

Governor JB Pritzker · Illinois (State)

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Jurisdiction
Illinois
Level
State
Authority
Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305/7 (disaster proclamation; 30-day duration); sec. 4 (public health emergency)
Issued
2020-03-09 Mar. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-03-09 (effective immediately; 30 days) (read as 2020-03-09)
End
Renewed every 30 days without interruption: Apr. 1 (archived as 04-02-2020), Apr. 30, May 29, June 26, July 24, Aug. 21, Sept. 18, Oct. 16, Nov. 13, Dec. 11, 2020; Jan. 8, Feb. 5, Mar. 5, Apr. 2, Apr. 30, May 28, June 25, July 23, Aug. 20, Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 12, Dec. 10, 2021; monthly through Apr. 28, 2023 (final proclamation in the State's archive; expiration May 11, 2023 not verified) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 9, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all State agencies
  • IDPH
  • IEMA
  • all counties
Functions reached
  • all (predicate)
Collection
Illinois IL

Operative words

Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act, 20 ILCS 3305/7, I find that a disaster exists within the State of Illinois and specifically declare all counties in the State of Illinois as a disaster area.... Section 11. This proclamation shall be effective immediately and remain in effect for 30 days. Issued by the Governor March 9, 2020

Enforcement

Predicate for every COVID-19 executive order, each of which runs 'for the remainder of the duration of the Gubernatorial Disaster Proclamation'; sec. 9 prohibits price increases under 20 ILCS 3305/7(14)

Notes

Recites 11 confirmed Illinois cases and community transmission as of Mar. 9, 2020; sec. 5 suspends Procurement Code provisions; sec. 9 price-gouging prohibition. The State archive files this first proclamation as coronavirus-disaster-proc-03-12-2020.pdf; the document itself is dated and filed Mar. 9, 2020.

Retrieval note

Text read in full. Renewal dates from the State's own archive page (https://www.illinois.gov/government/coronavirus-disaster-proclamations.html), which lists 51 proclamations Mar. 2020-Apr. 2023.