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Executive Order 1457

Designating the Mississippi State Department of Health as lead State agency for COVID-19 response and establishing a steering committee

Governor Tate Reeves · Mississippi (State)

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Jurisdiction
Mississippi
Level
State
Authority
Miss. Const.; Mississippi Emergency Management Law, Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-03-04 Mar. 4, 2020
Effective
2020-03-04
End
open (steering committee 'until all its objectives are achieved') (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Mar. 4, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • State agencies
  • MSDH
  • MEMA
Functions reached
  • predicate for every later order
Collection
Mississippi MS

Operative words

That the Mississippi State Department of Health, in coordination with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, is designated as the lead state agency to coordinate emergency response activities related to the virus among the various state agencies and local governments.

Enforcement

Directive to executive agencies; no penalty clause

Notes

Predicate. Mississippi Today (MS-055) dates the State's emergency footing from this order; the State of Emergency Proclamation followed on March 14, 2020.

Retrieval note

Scanned signed original; text read by OCR; signature date 'the fourth day of March' confirmed by viewing page 3.