{"id":"MS-063","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Tupelo, Mississippi","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Jason Shelton","authority":"Miss. Code Ann. 21-19-3; EO 1492 I(i)(1) (local authority)","instrument":"Local Executive Order 20-018","title":"Face coverings required in indoor public and business spaces where distancing is not possible","dateIssued":"2020-06-26","effective":"2020-06-29 06:00","end":"continued by EO 20-019 and EO 20-020 to Nov. 11, 2020","startDate":"2020-06-29","endDate":"2020-11-11","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["MASK"],"addressees":["all persons within Tupelo","indoor public and business spaces"],"clause":"Governor Tate Reeves in his Executive Order No. 1492(I)(i)(1) authorizes the City of Tupelo to implement more restrictive measures than currently in place for other Mississippians... effective at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, June 29, 2020, all persons who are present within the jurisdiction of the City of Tupelo shall wear a clean face covering any time they are, or will be, in contact with other people in indoor public or business spaces where it is not possible to maintain social distance... The intent of this executive order is to encourage voluntary compliance with the requirements established herein by the businesses and persons within the jurisdiction of the City of Tupelo.","enforcement":"Stated intent of voluntary compliance; enforcement by Tupelo Police Department from EO 20-020 (Sept. 30, 2020)","functions":["SF masks","WF","CB"],"notes":"Recites the North Mississippi Medical Center \u0027near or at their capacity for treating COVID-19 inpatients\u0027 and the hospital\u0027s formal request for a face-covering policy. Ballotpedia describes Tupelo as the first Mississippi city with a mask rule (June 30, 2020).","sourceUrl":"https://www.tupeloms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Executive-Order-20-018.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":234704,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MS","url":"/library/MS-063","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MS-063","citation":"Mayor Jason Shelton, Local Executive Order 20-018 (June 26, 2020) (Ex. MS-063)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":["MS-064","MS-062"]}