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Ex. MET-PDX-006 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Board extension of the COVID-19 Declaration of Emergency by 90 days to September 30, 2020

Board extends COVID-19 emergency declaration

Multnomah County Board of Commissioners (4-0) · Multnomah County, Oregon (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Multnomah County, Oregon · Portland · Oregon
Level
County
Authority
Multnomah County Code (Board approval of emergency extensions); ORS ch. 401
Issued
2020-07-02 July 2, 2020
Effective
2020-07-09 (the declaration was set to expire July 9) (read as 2020-07-09)
End
2020-09-30 'or until it is rescinded'. (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
July 9, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • Multnomah County departments; all persons subject to County executive rules
Functions reached
  • EMER predicate
  • PM eviction moratorium (County rule, then State HB 4213)
Collection
Portland MET-PDX

Operative words

Multnomah County's declaration of emergency has been extended an additional 90 days in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to September 30, 2020, or until it is rescinded.... Assistant County Attorney David Blankfeld confirmed that this extension carried no changes to the existing declaration. Under the state of emergency, the County has... Initiating the first eviction moratorium in the state within a week of the original emergency declaration. (Gov. Kate Brown subsequently enacted a statewide eviction moratorium, and the Oregon State Legislature recently passed a bill to extend the statewide moratorium to Sept. 30.)

Enforcement

As extended Apr. 9, 2020: civil fine up to $1,000 per day per offense

Notes

Confirms the County's declaration ran from Mar. 11, 2020 continuously through at least Sept. 30, 2020.