This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 2:50 PM by pflowers.
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9 LONG TITLE
10 General Description:
11 This joint resolution extends the state of emergency due to infectious disease
12 COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This resolution:
15 ▸ recognizes the Governor's executive order, issued on March 6, 2020, declaring a
16 state of emergency due to infectious disease COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus;
17 ▸ recognizes that the Governor requested and the Legislature extended the state of
18 emergency to June 30, 2020;
19 ▸ recognizes that the Governor has requested that the Legislature extend the state of
20 emergency to Ĥ→ [
21 ▸ finds that the extension is necessary to protect the health and welfare of the citizens
22 of the state of Utah; and
23 ▸ extends the state of emergency, due to infectious disease COVID-19 Novel
24 Coronavirus, to Ĥ→ [
25 Special Clauses:
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28 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
29 WHEREAS, on March 6, 2020, pursuant to Utah Code Section 53-2a-206, Governor
30 Gary R. Herbert issued an executive order declaring a state of emergency due to infectious
31 disease COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus;
32 WHEREAS, Utah Code Subsection 53-2a-206(3) provides that "[a] state of emergency
33 may not continue for longer than 30 days unless extended by joint resolution of the
34 Legislature";
35 WHEREAS, the Governor issued the executive order as a proactive measure, before a
36 confirmed case was diagnosed in the state;
37 WHEREAS, subsequent to the Governor's order declaring an emergency, but on the
38 same day, the first case of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus in Utah was confirmed;
39 WHEREAS, the Governor requested that the Legislature extend the state of emergency,
40 declared by the Governor, until June 30, 2020;
41 WHEREAS, the Legislature extended the state of emergency declared by the Governor
42 until June 30, 2020; Ĥ→ [
42a WHEREAS, the Governor requested that the Legislature further extend the state of
42b emergency, declared by the Governor, until August 31, 2020; and ←Ĥ
43 WHEREAS, the Legislature finds that it is necessary to extend the state of emergency
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44a is taken to protect
45 the health and welfare of the citizens of the state of Utah:
46 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the state of Utah that
47 the state of emergency declared by Governor Gary R. Herbert on March 6, 2020, due to
48 infectious disease COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus, which was extended by the Legislature of the
49 state of Utah by House Joint Resolution 24, is further extended to Ĥ→ [
49a 2020.