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Ex. MET-KC-079 Order Primary source read

House Bill No. 2016 (2020 Special Session) (enrolled)

An Act concerning governmental response to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas... relating to the state of disaster emergency; powers of the governor and executive officers; providing certain limitations and restrictions; business and commercial activities;... relating to the closure of schools by executive order;... authorizing... local health officers to establish and operate systems of contact tracing

Kansas Legislature, 2020 Special Session; approved by Governor Kelly June 8, 2020 · Kansas (governing county and local health officer orders) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Kansas (governing county and local health officer orders) · Kansas City · Missouri
Level
State
Authority
2020 Special Session House Bill No. 2016 (Kansas Emergency Management Act amendments; K.S.A. 65-201, 65-202 amendments)
Issued
2020-06-08 June 8, 2020
Effective
2020-06-09 (publication in the Kansas Register) (read as 2020-06-09)
End
Largely superseded by SB 40 (Mar. 2021) and the June 15, 2021 expiry of the state of disaster emergency (read as 2021-06-15)
In force
June 9, 2020 to June 15, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • Governor
  • boards of county commissioners
  • local health officers
  • school boards
Functions reached
  • framework for Kansas EO 20-52/20-68 in Johnson and Wyandotte Counties (neither opted out) and for the Johnson County LHO orders of 2020-2021
Collection
Kansas City MET-KC

Operative words

HB 2016 sets forth a process by which a board of county commissioners 'may issue an order relating to public health that includes provisions that are less stringent than the provisions of an executive order effective statewide issued by the governor.' Under this new process, a board that issues a less restrictive order must make certain statutory findings and include them in the board's order. (Johnson County Briefing Sheet 200917-014, Ex. MET-KC-060, quoting the Act)

Enforcement

Kansas Emergency Management Act; K.S.A. 65-202 as amended (board review of local health officer orders)

Notes

The Johnson County LHO order of Mar. 25, 2021 is issued under 'K.S.A. 65-202 as amended by 2020 Special Session House Bill No. 2016'

Retrieval note

Enrolled bill read; approval date June 8, 2020 per the bundled Kansas row and the Act's history; statewide instrument saved here because it governs the metro's local orders.

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