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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Tennessee State Parks (State agency) · Tennessee
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Executive Order No. 23 (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. TN-008); Tenn. Code Ann. § 11-1-108 (TDEC jurisdiction over State parks) (pin to be verified)
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-04
- End
- 2020-04-14 per the notice (read as 2020-04-14)
- In force
- Apr. 4, 2020 to Apr. 14, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closure
- Addressees
- the public
- State park lodge, cabin, campground, restaurant, golf and marina patrons
- Functions reached
- LG lodging (State park inns, cabins and campgrounds; 36 campgrounds noted on the page)
- FB park restaurants
- AM golf courses and marinas
- CB customer base
- TV travel
- Character
- context
- Collection
- State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE
Operative words
TDEC today announced it will close all 56 Tennessee state parks and state-owned state natural areas to the public effective April 4 through April 14, in support of Gov. Bill Lee's Executive Order 23.... In support of Governor Lee's Executive Order 23, we have made the difficult decision to close Tennessee State Parks. This closure is effective April 4, 2020 and running through April 14, 2020.
Enforcement
Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120 (violation of emergency orders a Class A misdemeanor) (recited in Ex. TN-008); closure of State property
Notes
Tennessee State Parks operate inns, restaurants, golf courses and marinas; all closed with the parks.
Retrieval noteAgency's own website notice (archived capture of Apr. 9, 2020); the TDEC press release of Apr. 3, 2020 was not separately retrieved. File date is the capture date.