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Executive Order 1509

County measures extended and expanded to 23 counties (adding Bolivar, Covington, Forrest, Humphreys, Panola, Sharkey, Simpson, Tallahatchie, Tate, Walthall): face coverings for employees and customers inside businesses

Governor Tate Reeves · Mississippi (23 counties) (State)

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Jurisdiction
Mississippi (23 counties) · Mississippi
Level
State
Authority
Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(1), (c)(4), 33-15-31
Issued
2020-07-19 July 19, 2020
Effective
2020-07-20 08:00 (read as 2020-07-20)
End
2020-08-03 08:00 (extended by EO 1512 and EO 1515 to Aug. 17, 2020) (read as 2020-08-03)
In force
July 20, 2020 to Aug. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all businesses and business operations in the 23 counties
  • customers
Functions reached
  • HR screening
  • SF masks
  • EMP
  • GATH
Collection
Mississippi MS

Operative words

This Executive Order applies only to Bolivar, Claiborne, Covington, Desoto, Forrest, Grenada, [Harrison, Hinds, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Panola, Quitman, Rankin, Sharkey,] Simpson, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Walthall, Washington and Wayne Counties... Each employee shall be screened at the beginning of their shift... Appropriate PPE shall include a face covering... Employees who have contact with the public shall be provided a face covering, covering nose and mouth, and shall be required to wear that face covering while on duty... Customers shall wear a face covering, covering nose and mouth, while inside businesses and business operations, except face coverings are not required for [enumerated persons].

Enforcement

As in EO 1507

Notes

Text-native copy posted by the City of Tupelo; the bracketed county names are supplied from Husch Blackwell where the copy's line was truncated.

Retrieval note

Filed from Tupelo's copy (tupeloms.gov), which carries a text layer.