{"id":"TN-003","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 58-2-107, 58-2-118","instrument":"Executive Order No. 16","title":"An Order Ensuring Government Continues to Function Openly and Transparently During the COVID-19 Emergency While Taking Appropriate Measures to Protect the Health and Safety of Citizens and Government","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20","end":"12:01 a.m. May 18, 2020 (¶ 5); extended by EO 34 (to June 30, 2020), EO 51 (to Aug. 29), EO 60 (to Oct. 28), EO 65, EO 71 (to Feb. 27, 2021) and EO 78 (to Apr. 28, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["governing bodies of the State and its political subdivisions (councils, commissions, boards)"],"clause":"a governing body... may meet and conduct its essential business by electronic means, rather than being required to gather a quorum of members physically present in the same location, if the governing body determines that meeting electronically is necessary to protect the health, safety, and welfare of Tennesseans in light of the COVID-19 outbreak... All governing body meetings conducted by electronic means under this Order shall remain open and accessible to public attendance by electronic means","enforcement":"Open Meetings Act, Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-44-101 et seq., as suspended in part","functions":["CRT public bodies, permit and zoning boards, school boards met remotely","OF public hearings, bid openings and approvals moved online"],"notes":"Reaches every business whose permits, plan approvals, licenses or zoning depended on a public body\u0027s meeting","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee16.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2520312,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-003","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 16 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. TN-003)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-002","TN-004","TN-005","TN-001","TN-006","TN-007","TN-008","TN-009","TN-010","TN-011","TN-012","TN-013"]}