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- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 Del. C. ch. 31
- Issued
- 2020-06-30 June 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-07-01 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (insurance, evictions, foreclosures, utilities, child care); 2020-07-03 8:00 a.m. E.D.T. (bar restrictions) (approved June 30, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.) (read as 2020-07-01)
- End
- Bar restrictions carried into the Omnibus § N (DE-031) and lifted Nov. 6, 2020 (DE-057); moratoria provisions carried through July 13, 2021 (read as 2020-11-06)
- In force
- July 1, 2020 to Nov. 6, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitSchools and child careAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesOther
- Addressees
- taprooms, brewpubs and restaurants with bar service in designated zip codes
- insurers
- landlords and lenders
- Justice of the Peace Court and Superior Court
- utilities
- DDOE Office of Child Care Licensing
- Functions reached
- BA bar service closed to standing patrons in beach zip codes
- CT courts (reopened June 8, 2020; housing matters stayed)
- PM/SV evictions and foreclosures (stays modified)
- IN insurance grace period
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
§ A: 'Notwithstanding the provisions of the Twenty-First Modification and the Phase 2 Reopen Plan, effective July 3, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. E.D.T., the following additional restrictions shall apply to taprooms and bar service in [the designated beach-area zip codes]': establishments 'may open the bar to prepare drinks to be brought to diners seated at tables' only; 'All patrons must wear face coverings upon [entering and exiting and while] placing and receiving an order'; reservations required; 'dance floors, arcade/bar game areas, pool tables' closed. Recital: 'on June 8, 2020 the Delaware courts reopened to conduct business, but eviction and foreclosure matters continue to be stayed per the 6th Modification.' §§ B-E modify the Sixth Modification's insurance, eviction, foreclosure and utility paragraphs effective July 1, 2020 (grace periods; court-supervised resumption). § F.2: child-care emergency authority transferred from DSCYF to the Secretary of Education.
Enforcement
20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3116(9), 3122, 3125 (Modification clause)
Notes
Recited in the Omnibus as closing 'drinking establishments in certain zip codes experiencing an outbreak' (DE-031 at 5). The courts recital is primary evidence of the June 8, 2020 judicial reopening (record DE-NR-1).
Retrieval noteRead (operative sections).