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Executive Order 2020-4

Declaration of State of Emergency

Governor Gretchen Whitmer · Michigan (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Michigan
Level
State
Authority
Mich. Const. 1963, art. 5, § 1; Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401-.421; Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945, 1945 PA 302, MCL 10.31-.33
Issued
2020-03-10 Mar. 10, 2020
Effective
2020-03-10
End
2020-04-01 (rescinded and replaced by EO 2020-33) (read as 2020-04-01)
In force
Mar. 10, 2020 to Apr. 1, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all State agencies
  • the public
Functions reached
  • predicate for all functions
Collection
Michigan MI

Operative words

As recited in EO 2020-33: 'On March 10, 2020, I issued Executive Order 2020-4, which declared a state of emergency in Michigan to address the COVID-19 pandemic.' As recited in EO 2020-186: the declaration 'was based on multiple independent authorities: section 1 of article 5 of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, the Emergency Management Act... and the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945.'

Enforcement

Predicate for the misdemeanor penalty recited in every successor order (MCL 10.33; MCL 30.405(3))

Notes

Predicate declaration for EOs 2020-5 through 2020-33; the Legislature extended the EMA declaration to April 30, 2020 by concurrent resolution of April 7, 2020 (recited in EO 2020-186).

Retrieval note

Live State page returns 404 and the archived page did not render; content confirmed from the Governor's own recitals in EO 2020-33 (Ex. MI-013) and EO 2020-186 (Ex. MI-048). Mar. 10-Apr. 1, 2020 emergency declaration.

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