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Declaration of Emergency for COVID-19

Declaration of Emergency

Governor Steve Sisolak · Nevada (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Nevada
Level
State
Authority
Nev. Const. art. 5, s. 1; NRS ch. 414 (NRS 414.060, 414.070)
Issued
2020-03-12 Mar. 12, 2020
Effective
2020-03-12
End
2022-05-20 (terminated by the Governor; Executive Order 2023-001 (Jan. 6, 2023) rescinded the remaining COVID-19 instruments) (read as 2022-05-20)
In force
Mar. 12, 2020 to May 20, 2022
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declaration
Addressees
  • all State agencies
  • the public
Functions reached
  • predicate for every NV instrument
Collection
Nevada NV

Operative words

I, Steve Sisolak, Governor of the State of Nevada, pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Nevada, hereby declare an emergency and direct all state agencies to supplement the efforts of all impacted and threatened counties to save lives, protect property, and protect the health and safety of persons in this state.... SECTION 7: This declaration will remain in effect until the Chief Medical Officer notifies the [Governor that the emergency has ended].

Enforcement

Predicate for Directives 001-052; NRS 414.060 and 414.070 powers; Directive 010 s. 1: 'All Directives promulgated pursuant to this Declaration shall be in force for the duration that the Declaration of Emergency shall be in effect, unless specifically terminated by a subsequent order.'

Notes

Scanned signed copy; text quoted from OCR of the exhibit. Sections 5-6 direct the Attorney General to police price gouging and consumer-protection violations.

Retrieval note

The May 20, 2022 termination date rests on the Governor's announcement (secondary); the Jan. 6, 2023 rescission is from the text of EO 2023-001 read on gov.nv.gov.