{"id":"AL-085","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Birmingham, Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Council of the City of Birmingham (Council President William Parker); approved by Mayor Woodfin","authority":"Municipal police power; Ala. Code § 31-9-10","instrument":"Ordinance No. 21-31, An Ordinance to Require Wearing Face Coverings or Masks in Public [in the City of Birmingham]","title":"Municipal mask requirement re-enacted after the State\u0027s expiry, for persons over six in public places, in effect to 11:59 p.m. May 24, 2021; graduated fines","dateIssued":"2021-04-06","effective":"2021-04-06 (upon passage, approval and publication)","end":"2021-05-24 11:59 p.m. by its terms (review on or before May 18, 2021; extension not verified)","startDate":"2021-04-06","endDate":"2021-05-24","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["all persons over the age of six in public places in Birmingham","employees and businesses","daycares"],"clause":"WHEREAS, general statewide requirements for wearing masks or face coverings in public have been in place since July 15, 2020 and will expire April 9, 2021... (b) Face coverings or masks shall be worn at all times by persons over the age of six (6) years... (g) This ordinance shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on May 24, 2021. On or before May 18, [2021, the Council shall review whether] conditions require continuation or modification of this ordinance or if it shall expire without further amendment. SECTION 3. Failure to comply with this ordinance is punishable on a finding of guilty or a plea of [guilty by:] a. a fine of $25.00 for a first offense; b. a fine of $100.00 for a second offense; c. a fine of $250.00 for a third offense","enforcement":"§ 3: fines of $25, $100 and $250 for first, second and third offenses","functions":["every public-facing function in Birmingham (April 9 to May 24, 2021)","EMP"],"notes":"Adopted two days after the Safer Apart Order\u0027s March 4, 2021 preemption cut-off would have caught it: Birmingham deliberately enacted a new ordinance so that masks remained mandatory in the State\u0027s largest city after the State mandate ended.","sourceUrl":"https://www.birminghamal.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021.4.6.City-of-Birmingham-Mask-Ordinance.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210407132452/https://www.birminghamal.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021.4.6.City-of-Birmingham-Mask-Ordinance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":160716,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AL","url":"/library/AL-085","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AL-085","citation":"Council of the City of Birmingham (Council President William Parker); approved by Mayor Woodfin, Ordinance No. 21-31, An Ordinance to Require Wearing Face Coverings or Masks in Public [in the City of Birmingham] (Apr. 6, 2021) (Ex. AL-085)","stateName":"Alabama","related":[]}