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Ex. MET-KC-023 Order Primary source read

Emergency Proclamation (Mar. 12, 2020) (Legistar Health Orders item 001)

Proclamation of a State of Emergency for Jackson County due to the public health threat caused by the spread of COVID-19

County Executive Frank White, Jr. · Jackson County, Missouri (County)

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Jurisdiction
Jackson County, Missouri · Kansas City · Missouri
Level
County
Authority
Constitutional Home Rule Charter of Jackson County; RSMo ch. 44
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-12)
End
Extended by EO 20-05 and 20-06 to at least May 15, 2020 and by later declarations (May 11 and May 27, 2020, Exs. MET-KC-029, -032) through 2021 (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationGathering cap
Addressees
  • the public
  • event organizers
Functions reached
  • predicate
  • GATH (Large Group Event of 250 or more)
Collection
Kansas City MET-KC

Operative words

On March 12, 2020, in accordance with the power vested in me by the Constitutional Home Rule Charter of Jackson County, Missouri, and the laws of this state and county, I proclaimed a State of Emergency for Jackson County due to the public health threat caused by the spread of COVID-19 (EO 20-05 recital); a State of Emergency exists in the County of Jackson, Missouri, beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 12, 2020 (EO 20-05)

Enforcement

Predicate for the County's health orders (RSMo 192.300, 192.320)

Notes

Predicate for the entire Jackson County series; the Mar. 13 amendment (Ex. MET-KC-024) fixed the Large Group Event threshold at 250 and the duration to Apr. 1, 2020 (as shown by the struck text in EO 20-05)

Retrieval note

Scanned; contents as recited in EO 20-05 (read); filed with the County Legislature Mar. 13, 2020.