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Mayor Broome Institutes Mask Requirement for City-Parish Buildings (July 29, 2021)

Mask requirement for anyone entering City-Parish buildings, effective July 30, 2021 (Delta surge)

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome (official City-Parish news release) · City of Baton Rouge - Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana (County)

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Jurisdiction
City of Baton Rouge - Parish of East Baton Rouge, Louisiana · New Orleans and Baton Rouge · Louisiana
Level
County
Authority
Mayor-President's authority over City-Parish buildings under the parish-wide emergency declaration
Issued
2021-07-29 July 29, 2021
Effective
2021-07-30
End
Continuing through Sept. 30, 2021 (a Dec. 28, 2021 release 'Masks Required for All City-Parish Buildings' shows the requirement still in place at year-end) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
July 30, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • anyone entering a City-Parish building (permit, licensing, court-support, tax and clerk offices)
Functions reached
  • CRT City-Parish offices
  • MASK
  • PM permits and inspections
Collection
New Orleans and Baton Rouge MET-MSY

Operative words

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome announced a mask requirement today for anyone entering a City-Parish buildings beginning Friday, July 30. The mask [requirement was implemented] due to the surge of COVID-19 cases related to the Delta variant.

Enforcement

Building access control

Notes

Baton Rouge's Q3 2021 instrument, five days before the statewide mandate; the parish otherwise applied 137-JBE-2021 from Aug. 4, 2021.

Retrieval note

City-Parish official news release (live); no signed executive order was posted with it.