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Executive Order 1511

Statewide gathering caps 10 indoor/20 outdoor; bars 50 percent with alcohol to seated patrons only; no alcohol sales 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.

Governor Tate Reeves · Mississippi (State)

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Jurisdiction
Mississippi
Level
State
Authority
Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(1), (c)(4), 33-15-31
Issued
2020-07-24 July 24, 2020
Effective
2020-07-24
End
2020-08-03 08:00 as issued; extended with Safe Return to Sept. 30, 2020 and carried into EO 1525 and EO 1535 (seated alcohol; 11:00 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.) to Mar. 3, 2021 (read as 2020-08-03)
In force
July 24, 2020 to Aug. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • all individuals
  • bars
  • restaurants and bars
Functions reached
  • GATH
  • BA bars
  • ALC
  • CURF 11:00 p.m.
Collection
Mississippi MS

Operative words

Group Gatherings (Indoor): Social gathering/activities shall be limited to a maximum of 10 participants indoor... Group Gatherings (Outdoor): Social gathering/activities shall be limited to a maximum of 20 participants outdoor... Paragraph I(a) of Executive Order 1496 is amended to limit the sale of alcohol in bars to only seated patrons. Bars shall continue to be subject to the additional [limitations]... limiting the number of customers in the bar to 50% of maximum capacity... Restaurants and bars shall not sell alcohol between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. This Executive Order shall be effective upon execution.

Enforcement

As in EO 1492

Notes

Religious entities and classrooms excepted from the numeric caps. Biloxi adopted this order with a stricter alcohol clause (MS-072).

Retrieval note

Filed from the City of Starkville DocumentCenter copy; date per Husch Blackwell and Ballotpedia (July 24).

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