Resolution consenting to the Declaration of Local Emergency; Declaration of Local Emergency, Fairfax County, Virginia (Board special meeting package, March 17, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Fairfax County, Virginia · Washington suburbs · Maryland

Level

County

Authority

Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Services and Disaster Law of 2000, Va. Code §§ 44-146.16 and 44-146.21

Issued

2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-03-17

End

'this declaration shall remain in effect until the Board of Supervisors takes appropriate action to end the declared emergency' (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

Mar. 17, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Emergency declaration

Addressees

• Fairfax County

Functions reached

• predicate for emergency ordinances, closures and procurement

Collection

Washington suburbs MET-DCM

Operative words

RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County consents to the declaration of a local emergency by the Director of Emergency Management effective March 17, 2020. ADOPTED this 17th day of March 2020.... DECLARED, that a local emergency exists throughout Fairfax County because the potential spread of COVID-19 will create the potential for an emergency that threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant coordinated local government action to prevent or alleviate the damage, loss, hardship, or suffering threatened pursuant to Virginia Code §§ 44-146.16 and 44-146.21, and that this declaration shall remain in effect until the Board of Supervisors takes appropriate action to end the declared emergency.

Enforcement

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