{"id":"SC-006","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Henry McMaster","authority":"S.C. Code §§ 1-3-430, 1-3-440, 16-7-10, 23-20-60; 1980 S.C. Op. Att\u0027y Gen. 142","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2020-13","title":"Authorizing Law Enforcement to Maintain Order, Ensure Public Safety, and Preserve Public Health During the State of Emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-23 (immediately), for the duration of the State of Emergency","end":"Extended by each emergency declaration (recited in EO 2020-28 § 1(E), 2020-31 § 1(C), 2020-34 § 2(C)); enforcement sections re-enacted in EO 2020-50 § 14 and successors; lapsed June 6-7, 2021","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["GATH","STAY","OTHER"],"addressees":["the public","all law enforcement officers of the State and its subdivisions","political subdivisions (preemption)"],"clause":"I hereby authorize, order, and direct any and all law enforcement officers of the State, or any political subdivision thereof, in accordance with section 16-7-10 of the South Carolina Code of Laws and other applicable law, to prohibit or disperse any congregation or gathering of people, unless authorized or in their homes, in groups of three (3) or more people, if any such law enforcement official determines, in their discretion, that any such congregation or gathering of people poses, or could pose, a threat to public health.","enforcement":"§ 16-7-10(A): any individual who \u0027refuse[s] to disperse upon order of a law enforcement officer,\u0027 \u0027wilfully fail[s] or refuse[s] to comply with any lawful order or direction of any law enforcement officer,\u0027 or otherwise violates any Order \u0027is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days\u0027; § 1-3-440(4) injunction and mandamus; § 1(G): \u0027this Order shall supersede and preempt any such local ordinance\u0027","functions":["GATH every gathering of three or more persons outside the home","MK events and shows","SF sales floors and waiting areas","JS job sites and crews","WS worship"],"notes":"The State\u0027s gathering-limitation instrument during the closure period; the first order to carry the preemption clause that every later order repeated.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.sc.gov/sites/governor/files/Documents/Executive-Orders/2020-03-23%20FINAL%20Executive%20Order%20No.%202020-13%20-%20Authorizing%20Law%20Enforcement%20to%20Preserve%20Public%20Health.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":110832,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-006","citation":"Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-13 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SC-006)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-005","SC-004","SC-007","SC-003","SC-008","SC-002","SC-009","SC-010","SC-001","SC-012","SC-011","SC-013"]}