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EIGHTH SUPPLEMENTARY EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawai`i Revised Statutes,provides for the establishment of
emergency management and disaster relief, including the Mayor having direct responsibility and
authority over emergency management within the County; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 127A Hawai`i Revised Statutes and Chapter 7, Articles 1 and 2 of
• the Hawai`i County Code, establishes a Civil Defense Agency within the County of Hawai`i and
prescribes its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and Section 13-23 of the Hawai`i County
Charter empowers the Mayor of the County to declare emergencies; and
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2020, the Mayor of the County of Hawai`i issued an
Emergency Proclamation declaring a state of emergency due to the outbreak of COVID-19 being
recognized as a public health emergency of international concern and a public health emergency
for the United States; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2020, the Governor of the State of Hawaii issued a
Proclamation declaring a state of emergency based upon the actions and directives of the
President of the United States, the World Health Organization, the United States Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, and current conditions warranting preemptive and protective
actions related to the outbreak of COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, the Governor of the State of Hawai`i has issued 20 Emergency
Proclamations related to the COVID-19 Emergency as of May 7, 2021; and
WHEREAS, since February 28, 2020 the Mayor of the County of Hawai`i has issued
seven Emergency Proclamations, 14 Emergency Rules, seven Amendments and three extensions
to those Rules related to COVID-19 as of April 6, 2021; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 continues to endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the
people of the County of Hawai'i and a response requires the serious attention, effort and sacrifice
of all people in the County of Hawai'i to avert unmanageable strains on our healthcare system
and other catastrophic impacts to the County of Hawai'i; and
WHEREAS, due to the possibility of imminent emergency or disaster due to bodily
injury to residents of the County of Hawai`i, and the need for government agencies and
representatives from the private sector to mobilize and provide financial and other immediate
County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
services to our island residents, a state of emergency is authorized pursuant to Chapter 127A
Hawai`i Revised Statutes, and Chapter 7, Hawai`i County Code; and
NOW, THEREFORE, I, MITCHELL D. ROTH, Mayor of the County of Hawai`i, do
hereby proclaim and declare that a state of emergency continues to exists due to the imminent
danger or threat of emergency on Hawaii Island from the COVID-19 pandemic.
This Eighth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation shall be effective immediately,
continuing thereon until July 28, 2021,unless terminated or superseded by a separate
proclamation,whichever shall occur first.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
County of Hawaii to be affixed. Done this 29th day of May, 2021 in Hilo, Hawaii.
Mitchell D. Roth
Mayor
County of Hawaii
CONCURRENCE:
Governor 12avid Y. Ile
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FROM: Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor
County of Hawai'i
RE: COVID-19 Emergency Rule No. 15
Eighth Supplementary Emergency Proclamation
This is a transmittal of COVID 19 Emergency Rule No. 15 and the Eighth
Supplementary Emergency Proclamation issued by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth,
and concurred by Governor David Ige to the County Clerk, custodian of
records.
Received by:
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County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.