{"id":"TN-012","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107","instrument":"Executive Order No. 29","title":"An Order Amending Executive Order No. 17 to Reopen Dining in Restaurants","dateIssued":"2020-04-24","effective":"12:01 a.m. CDT Apr. 27, 2020","end":"Superseded by EO 30 effective Apr. 29, 2020 (EO 30 ¶ 15)","startDate":"2020-04-27","endDate":"2020-04-29","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","ALC","CAP","EMP"],"addressees":["restaurants","limited service restaurants, bars, nightclubs (remain closed)","local officials (¶ 5 preemption)"],"clause":"1. Reopening of restaurants for on-site dining. Effective at 12:01 a.m.... on April 27, 2020... 2. ERG Guidelines. Restaurants are expected to operate in accordance with, and to fulfill the spirit of, applicable operational guidance and measures adopted and/or issued by the Governor\u0027s Economic Recovery Group (ERG)... 5. Local orders. This Order shall supersede and preempt any emergency order, health order, or other order issued by a local official or local governmental entity addressing or otherwise related to COVID-19; provided, that the six locally run county health departments in Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Madison, Shelby, or Sullivan Counties shall have the authority to maintain any existing order or issue further restrictions regarding the operation of restaurants... 6.... Pursuant to prior Executive Order Nos. 17, 21, and 27, bars, nightclubs, and limited service restaurants shall continue to be closed to persons for the purposes of eating or drinking on-site.","enforcement":"¶ 4 suspends any law limiting the Order; Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120","functions":["DR dining rooms reopened in 89 counties at 50 percent seating (ERG restaurant guidelines, Ex. TN-054)","BA bars, nightclubs and limited service restaurants remained closed","CB six metro counties\u0027 customers remained under local orders"],"notes":"First preemption clause: county and city COVID orders in the 89 counties superseded from Apr. 27, 2020; the six locally run health departments (Davidson, Hamilton, Knox, Madison, Shelby, Sullivan) kept authority","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee29.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1439507,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-012","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 29 (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. TN-012)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-073","TN-054","TN-013","TN-014","TN-015","TN-016","TN-011","TN-009","TN-010","TN-017","TN-008","TN-018"]}