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Ex. DC-019 Order Primary source read

Mayor's Order 2020-066

Extensions of Public Emergency and Public Health Emergency and Preparation for Washington, DC Reopening

Mayor Muriel Bowser · District of Columbia (State)

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Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
State
Authority
D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 422; D.C. Acts 23-247 and 23-286; D.C. Official Code 7-2304, 7-2304.01, 7-131 et seq.
Issued
2020-05-13 May 13, 2020
Effective
2020-05-16 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-05-16)
End
2020-06-08 by its terms; stay-at-home lifted May 29, 2020 (MO 2020-067); mask sections continued under MO 2020-067 sec. II.3 and MO 2020-080 sec. VIII until superseded by MO 2020-080 (July 22, 2020) (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
May 16, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationStay-at-homeTelework mandateGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • individuals living in, working in or visiting the District
  • Essential Businesses
  • District government agencies
  • transit operators
  • taxis and ride-share
Functions reached
  • CB stay-at-home continued to May 29
  • SF masked customers and exclusion of the unmasked
  • WF employee masks procured by the employer
  • OF District government telework preference
  • GATH
Collection
District of Columbia DC

Operative words

Individuals living, working, and visiting Washington, DC must continue to stay at their place of residence... Individuals living in, working in, or visiting the District shall wear masks or face coverings [when likely to be in the presence of other persons]... Essential Businesses must require their employees and independent contractors to wear masks or face coverings.... Essential Businesses must post signage at their entrances... Essential Businesses must exclude customers and visitors who are not wearing a mask or face covering... The City Administrator shall develop a recommended plan for the restoration of office-based and other site-based District government operations, which shall... Include a preference for continued telework where efficient and effective

Enforcement

D.C. Official Code 7-2307 penalties; agency personnel actions for District employees

Notes

First general mask order for the public and for Essential Businesses; effective May 16, 2020; the emergencies extended through June 8, 2020

Retrieval note

Scanned PDF; read by OCR.