Executive Order 20-244

The record

Jurisdiction

Florida

Level

State

Authority

ch. 252, Fla. Stat., including ss. 252.36(5)(b), (g) and (h)

Issued

2020-09-25 Sept. 25, 2020

Effective

2020-09-25 (immediate; filed with the Department of State 4:06 p.m.) (read as 2020-09-25)

End

Extended by EO 20-297 (Nov. 25, 2020) for the duration of EO 20-52; ss. 2-3 superseded by EO 21-102 (May 3, 2021); lapsed with the emergency June 26, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

Sept. 25, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitOther

Addressees

• all businesses
• restaurants
• local governments

Functions reached

• end of State capacity limits on every sector
• local capacity orders capped at 50 percent floor for restaurants
• MASK local mask orders continued against businesses, not individuals

Collection

Florida FL

Operative words

Section 1. Phase 3. This order supersedes and eliminates any and all restrictions of Executive Orders 20-112, 20-123 and 20-139, as well as Executive Orders 20-192, 20-214 and 20-223, except as modified herein. Section 2. Right to Work and Operate a Business. No COVID-19 emergency ordinance may prevent an individual from working or from operating a business. This preemption is consistent with Executive Order 20-92. Section 3. Restaurants.... A. Restaurants, including any establishment with a food service license, may not be limited by a COVID-19 emergency order by any local government to less than fifty percent (50%) of their indoor capacity. If a restaurant is limited to less than one hundred percent (100%) of its indoor capacity, such COVID-19 emergency order must on its face satisfy the following: i. quantify the economic impact of each limitation or requirement on those restaurants; and ii. explain why each limitation or requirement is necessary for public health. B. Nothing in this order preempts or supersedes a non-COVID-19 municipal or county order. Section 4. Suspension of COVID-19-related Individual Fines and Penalties. This order, consistent with Executive Order 20-92, suspends the collection of fines and penalties associated with COVID-19 enforced upon individuals. Section 5. This order is effective immediately.

Enforcement

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