The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- O.C.G.A. 38-3-28; 38-3-51(c)(1), (c)(4), (d)(1)-(3); 38-3-7; Ga. Const. art. III, sec. VI, para. IV
- Issued
- 2021-08-19 Aug. 19, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-19 upon signature (read as 2021-08-19)
- End
- until the Economic Recovery State of Emergency is terminated or ceases to be renewed (in force through Sept. 30, 2021 and beyond) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 19, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingOther
- Addressees
- every Organization (any business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation, organization, event, Convention, Live Performance Venue)
- professional, collegiate and high school sports teams
- county and municipal governments
- law enforcement agencies
- Functions reached
- EMP every Organization 'shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19 among its workforce and patrons'
- MASK local Delta-wave mask ordinances not enforceable through businesses
- VAX local vaccination-proof requirements not enforceable through businesses
- MC conventions and PE venues defined and regulated
- SP sports under league rules
- Collection
- Georgia GA
Operative words
That any Organization that continues in-person operations during the effective dates of this Order shall implement measures which mitigate the exposure and spread of COVID-19 among its workforce and patrons. Such measures may include the following: 1. Voluntary implementation of any provision of any county or municipal ordinance... 2. Any measures that have been proven effective to control the spread of COVID-19... No Organization or sports team or organization that continues in-person operations during the effective dates of this Order shall be compelled to enforce any provision of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule, or regulation enacted pursuant to emergency authority or a declaration of emergency related to COVID-19.... No law enforcement agency shall compel any Organization or sports team or organization that continues in-person operations during the effective dates of this Order to adhere to any provision of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule, or regulation enacted pursuant to emergency authority or a declaration of emergency related to COVID-19.... orders, rules, and regulations that are promulgated by county and municipal governments that are more or less restrictive than the terms of this Order shall be considered inconsistent with this Order... That pursuant to Code Sections 38-3-28 and 38-3-51, enforcement of any county or municipal ordinance, order, rule or regulation that is more or less restrictive than this Order and is not otherwise expressly permitted by the terms herein is hereby suspended.
Enforcement
That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-7, any person who violates this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor... state agencies with primary regulatory authority over the entities listed in this Order and the Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety shall provide resources as requested to assist in the enforcement of this Order; no Organization mandated to close for failure to comply
Notes
A statewide order in force Aug. 19-Sept. 30, 2021 (and after) that (i) imposes a mandatory mitigation duty on every in-person Organization, (ii) suspends every inconsistent local COVID-19 ordinance, and (iii) carries a misdemeanor sanction; recites 38-3-28 ('[a]ll orders, rules, and regulations promulgated by the Governor' have the force and effect of law) and that DPH Quarantine or Isolation Orders to specific persons control over it.
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