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Executive Order 2020-004

Order Declaring a State of Public Health Emergency and Invoking the Powers Provided by the All Hazard Emergency Management Act and the Emergency Licensing Act

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham · New Mexico (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Mexico
Level
State
Authority
Public Health Emergency Response Act, NMSA 1978, Section 12-10A-5; All Hazard Emergency Management Act, NMSA 1978, Sections 12-10-1 to -10; Emergency Licensing Act
Issued
2020-03-11 Mar. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-03-11
End
Renewed without interruption: EO 2020-022, -026, -030, -036, -053, -055, -059, -064, -073, -080, -085, 2021-001, -004, -010, -011, -012, -023, -030, -044, -049, -054 (through Oct. 15, 2021) and later renewals into 2023 (read as 2021-10-15)
In force
Mar. 11, 2020 to Oct. 15, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all branches of State government
  • all political subdivisions
  • Department of Health
Functions reached
  • predicate for every PHO
  • OP State offices
Collection
New Mexico NM

Operative words

I hereby invoke and exercise all powers vested in my office under the All Hazard Emergency Management Act, NMSA 1978, 12-10-1 through 12-10-10.... all political subdivisions within New Mexico shall adhere to Section 12-10-10, which mandates compliance with and enforcement of this Order. 2. I further proclaim a public health emergency in accordance with NMSA 1978, 12-10A-5 of the Public Health Emergency Response Act.... The temporal scope of this emergency is for a period of 30 days and shall remain in effect until further notice.... All cabinets, departments, and agencies shall comply with the directives in this Order and any instruction given by the Department of Health.

Enforcement

NMSA 1978, Section 12-10-10 (political subdivisions must comply with and enforce); predicate for PHO penalties under Section 12-10A-19 ($5,000 civil administrative penalty per violation) and Section 24-1-21

Notes

Declaration is the predicate only; the PHOs are the orders. Also directed emergency procurement (NMSA 1978, 13-1-127) and DOH/DHSEM coordination.

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF; text read by OCR (WinRT) and cross-checked against the Register recital in EO 2020-063 (Vol. XXXI, Issue 18).