{"id":"IA-076","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Linn County, Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Linn County Board of Supervisors","authority":"County authority over county-owned facilities (Iowa Code § 331.301) as limited by HF 847 § 29","instrument":"Board of Supervisors mask requirement for county facilities (announced August 6, 2021)","title":"Requirement that masks be worn at all indoor Linn County facilities by employees and visitors regardless of vaccination status from August 9, 2021","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-08-09","end":"Continued into Q4 2021 (post-period)","startDate":"2021-08-09","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","CRT"],"addressees":["all employees and visitors to Linn County indoor facilities (including the courthouse, recorder, treasurer and public health offices)"],"clause":"\u0027Effective Monday, August 9, masks will once again be required at all indoor County facilities for employees and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.... Linn County is requiring masks in County-owned facilities to help [slow the spread]... By law, Linn County can require masks inside County-owned facilities, but is prohibited from passing policies requiring property owners to implement a mask policy. \u0022Implementing a mask requirement for County government buildings is one of the last remaining tools left to local governments by the actions taken by Governor Reynolds and the state legislature.\u0022\u0027","enforcement":"Facility access rule; the County distributed disposable face coverings","functions":["CT county offices, recorder and courthouse access conditioned on masks in Q3 2021","CL closings and recordings in Cedar Rapids"],"notes":"The County\u0027s own statement of HF 847\u0027s preemptive effect (\u0027prohibited from passing policies requiring property owners to implement a mask policy\u0027).","sourceUrl":"https://www.linncountyiowa.gov/m/newsflash/Archive/Item/2417?arcId=4455","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":227455,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-076","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-076","citation":"Linn County Board of Supervisors, Board of Supervisors mask requirement for county facilities (announced August 6, 2021) (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. IA-076)","stateName":"Iowa","related":[]}