Proclamation (State of Emergency)

The record

Jurisdiction

West Virginia

Level

State

Authority

W. Va. Code 15-5-1 et seq.; 15-5-6 (proclamation of a state of emergency; emergency powers); 46A-6J-3 (price gouging)

Issued

2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020

Effective

2020-03-16

End

Terminated by Proclamation of Nov. 12, 2022 effective Jan. 1, 2023 (recited in Insurance Commissioner Emergency Order 23-EO-01 paragraph 5, Ex. WV-079) (read as 2022-11-12)

In force

Mar. 16, 2020 to Nov. 12, 2022

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Emergency declarationSupply chain

Addressees

• all state agencies
• DHHR
• Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
• National Guard
• any person, business, or other entity selling food, essential consumer items and emergency supplies

Functions reached

• predicate for all orders
• SC supply chain (price controls on essential consumer items)
• OF (agency rule suspensions)

Collection

West Virginia WV

Operative words

do hereby FIND AND DECLARE that a State of Emergency does exist in [all fifty-five counties]... said State of Emergency to remain in effect unless terminated by subsequent Proclamation. I therefore INVOKE the emergency powers set forth in section six, article five, chapter fifteen of the Code of West Virginia... Further, I hereby ORDER that it is unlawful for any person, business, or other entity to sell any food items, essential consumer items, and emergency supplies in a manner that violates the provisions of section three, article six J, chapter forty-six A of the Code of West Virginia. Finally, I hereby DELEGATE to all state agencies the ability to suspend rules, if strict compliance therewith would in any way prevent, hinder or delay necessary action in coping with the emergency.

Enforcement

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