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Executive Order 1525

Safe Recovery Order

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
2020-09-30 Sept. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-09-30 17:00 (read as 2020-09-30)
End
2020-11-11 17:00 as issued; extended by EO 1530 to Dec. 11, 2020; repealed by EO 1535 effective 5:00 p.m. Dec. 11, 2020 (read as 2020-11-11)
In force
Sept. 30, 2020 to Nov. 11, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons
  • schools
  • all business and non-profit entities
  • restaurants and bars
  • reception halls and conference centers
  • auditoriums and movie theaters
  • close-contact personal care services
  • sports complexes
  • arenas
  • K-12 and college event venues
  • local authorities
Functions reached
  • GATH
  • SF 75 percent
  • HR screening each shift
  • EMP PPE and signage
  • DR restaurant terms
  • BA seated alcohol; 11:00 p.m.
  • MC reception halls 50 percent
  • PE theaters 50 percent
  • SL personal care masks
  • SP sports complexes
  • EVT arenas 25 percent
  • AC K-12 events 50/25 percent with masks
  • IN school masks
  • CB customers screened
Collection
Mississippi MS

Operative words

Repeal: Executive Order 1492 and all amendments thereto, and Executive Order 1517 are rescinded and shall stand repealed.... This Safe Recovery Order shall be effective at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, and shall remain in full force and effect until 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2020... Public and private social gatherings and recreational activities shall be limited to groups of no more than 20 people in a single indoor space or groups of no more than 100 people in an outdoor space where individuals not in the same household are in close proximity... Every person in Mississippi shall wear a face covering, covering the nose and mouth, while inside a school building or classroom... All business and non-profit entities operating within the State of Mississippi shall make reasonable, good-faith efforts to comply with the CDC's and Mississippi State Department of Health's regulations and guidelines... including: i. Implementing screening protocols of employees and volunteers for COVID-19 at the beginning of each shift;... iii.... limiting the number of customers/visitors in the business at one time to no greater than 75% of the business' capacity... restaurants and bars shall operate subject to the following limitations: i. Update their floor plans to ensure at least six feet of separation between each party/group...; ii. Limit party sizes to a maximum of ten persons per table; iii.... Every employee who comes into contact with customers shall be provided a cloth mask and shall be required to wear that mask while on duty; iv. Customers shall be screened for illness prior to entry; v. Alcohol may be served only to customers that are seated; vi. Alcohol may not be sold between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.; vii. Self-service buffets and food stations are prohibited... close contact personal care services... i. Every employee shall be required to wear a face covering... iii. Customers shall wear a face covering... the number of guests in an outdoor and indoor arenas shall be no greater than 25% of the maximum seating capacity.

Enforcement

'This Executive Order may be enforced by all State, County and Local law enforcement, as well as by other governmental entities (such as State and local departments of health) to the fullest extent under Mississippi law including, inter alia, Miss. Code. Ann. 33-15-11(b)(5) and 33-15-11(b)(6). Violations of this Executive Order are subject to the provisions of Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-43.'

Notes

Reception halls: 50 percent (75 percent for seated dinners, tables six feet apart, ten per table), applied to outdoor event tents; 'All other activities and events... shall limit attendance to no greater than 75% percent capacity'; local authority preserved 'including face covering requirements'; courts open; State Health Officer isolation and quarantine authority delegated (V).

Retrieval note

Filed from the City of Tupelo's text-native copy (524,059 bytes; identical in size to the WAPT/Hearst copy); the Secretary of State's scan of the signed original was also read by OCR and matches. Signed Sept. 30, 2020 (day blank on the typed original; EO 1543 and Tupelo EO 20-020 recite Sept. 30).