{"id":"MN-032","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tim Walz","authority":"Minn. Stat. §§ 12.21, 12.32, 12.45, 8.31 (recited)","instrument":"Emergency Executive Order 20-99, Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (Nov. 18, 2020)","title":"Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-11-18","effective":"2020-11-20 11:59 p.m.","end":"2021-01-10 11:59 p.m. (as extended by EO 20-103; superseded by EO 21-01)","startDate":"2020-11-20","endDate":"2021-01-10","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CLOSE","GATH","CURF","ALC","EVT","EMP","TELE","COND"],"addressees":["all individuals","bars, restaurants, breweries, tasting rooms","gyms, pools, fitness studios (including apartment and condominium facilities)","theaters, event venues, fairs, racetracks, amusement","all businesses (Plans)","child care and youth programs","higher-education institutions"],"clause":"1. Executive Orders 20-74, 20-85, and 20-96 are rescinded as of Friday, November 20, 2020 at 11:59 pm.... 6.a. Social gatherings prohibited. Except as specifically permitted in this Executive Order, social gatherings are prohibited.... 6.a.xvi. Celebrations and receptions. Individuals, venues, and businesses must not host celebrations, receptions, private parties, or other social gatherings... 6.e. Travel advisory. Persons arriving in Minnesota from other states or countries, including returning Minnesota residents, are strongly encouraged to practice self-quarantine for 14 days after arrival... 7.a. Continue to work from home whenever possible. Any worker who can work from home must do so.... 7.c.iii.A. Restaurants, food courts, cafes, coffeehouses, bars, taverns, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, brewer taprooms, micro distiller cocktail rooms, tasting rooms, wineries, cideries, clubhouses, dining clubs, tobacco product shops, hookah bars, cigar bars, vaping lounges, and other Places of Public Accommodation offering food, beverages (including alcoholic beverages), or tobacco products for on-premises consumption are closed to ingress, egress, use, and occupancy by members of the public... B. Public pools... are closed... C. Gymnasiums, fitness centers, recreation centers, indoor sports facilities, indoor climbing facilities, trampoline parks, indoor and outdoor exercise facilities, martial arts facilities, and dance and exercise studios are closed to ingress, egress, use, and occupancy by members of the public. This includes shared or communal facilities serving more than a single household... D. Venues providing indoor events and entertainment such as theaters, cinemas, concert halls, festivals, fairs, vendor fairs, museums, performance venues, stadiums, arcades, and bowling alleys are closed... E. Venues providing outdoor events and entertainment such as racetracks, paintball, go-karts, mini-golf, performance venues, festivals, fairs, vendor fairs, and amusement parks are closed... 7.d. Requirements for all businesses. Since June 29, 2020, all businesses in Minnesota... [must have a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan]","enforcement":"Para. 10: individual misdemeanor ($1,000 or 90 days); business owner, manager or supervisor gross misdemeanor ($3,000 or one year); Attorney General and city and county attorneys civil penalties up to $25,000 per occurrence, injunctive relief, costs and fees; DLI citations, civil penalties or closure orders (para. 7.b)","functions":["DR/BA closed to on-premises service (takeout only, five persons at a time)","FC gyms and studios closed","PE/AM/EVT venues, fairs, vendor fairs closed","BQ receptions prohibited","GATH all social gatherings prohibited","OF telework mandate","WS worship 50 percent/250 (para. 6.a.xv)","TV travel advisory","HR Plan compliance","CB","WF"],"notes":"The winter dial-back; spectators barred from professional and collegiate sports (7.c.iii.F); outdoor recreation facilities open (7.c.iv); licensed child care may remain open (7.e); youth programs and organized sports limited (7.f-7.h). Para. 6.a.viii: in health care and residential facilities \u0027In-person visitation may not be possible under that guidance\u0027.","sourceUrl":"https://www.leg.mn.gov/archive/execorders/20-99.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":536163,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/MN-032","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MN-032","citation":"Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-99, Implementing a Four Week Dial Back on Certain Activities to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 (Nov. 18, 2020) (Ex. MN-032)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["DUT-MN-016","DUT-MN-017","DUT-MN-006","DUT-MN-008","SEC-08-GM-008","SEC-09-GM-040","SEC-12-GM-005","SEC-17-GM-029","SEC-20-GM-015"]}