HomeMy WebLinkAboutflorida_executive_order_21-094_20210427OFFICE OF T E GOVERNO
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER 21-94
(Emergency Management - Extaision of ExecutiveOrder20-52-COVID-19)
WHEREAS, on March 9,. 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-52, subsequently extended,
declaring a state of emergency for the entire state due to COVID-I 9; and
WHEREAS, no state of emergency declared pursuant to the Florida Emergency
Management Act may continue for more than 60 days unless renewed by the Governor; and
WHEREAS, the impact of COVID-I 9 poses a continuing threat to the health, safety
and welfare of the State of Florida and its residents; and
WHEREAS, an extension of Executive Order 20-52, as extended, is necessary .to
ensure Honda schools remain open for the remainder of the school year and to protect.
Floridians from being required to produce a so-called vaccine passport as a condition of
participating in everyday life; and
WHEREAS, the state continues .to implement budgetary response efforts to help
Floridians to the greatest extent possible; and.
WHEREAS, as Florida recovers and re -launches its economy, I am committed to providing
all available resources to assist Floridians and local corn.munities with their efforts.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RON DESANTIS, as Governor of Florida, by virtue of the
authority vested in me by Article IV, Section I (a) of the Florida Constitution and by the Florida
Emergency Management Act, as amended, and all other applicable: laws, promulgate the following
Executive Order, to take immediate effect:
Section 1.. The state of emergency declared in Executive Order 20-52, as extended by
Executive Orders 20-114, 2 -166, 20-192, 20-213, 20-276, 20-316, and 21-45 will be extended for
60 days following the issuance of this order for the entire State of Florida.
Section 2. All actions taken by the Director of the i)ivision of Emergency Management
as the State Coordinating Officer with respect to this emergency 'before the issuance of this
Executive Order are ratified, and he is directed to continue to execute the State's
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan and other response, recovery, and mitigation
plans necessary to cope with the emergency.
Section 3. As Florida continues to realize a manageable trend in C VID-19 cases, over
8.5 million vaccinated individuals, a 4.7 % unemployment rate well under the national average,
and state revenues improving significantly from worst -case projections during the pandemic,
gaining $4.1 billion additional projected revenue over three fiscal years from the August 2020
estimate, the state should prepare to resume non -emergency operations.
Section 4. Except as amended herein, Executive Order 20-52, extended by Executive
Orders 20-114, 20-166, 20-192, 20-213, 20-276,. 20-3 16, and 21-45 is ratified and reaffirmed.
IN 'TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of
Florida to be affixed, at Tallahassee, this 27th day of
April, 2021,
ATTEST:
3TARY OF STATE
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