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Executive Order 1535

Safe Recovery Order (winter re-tightening): gatherings 10 indoor/50 outdoor statewide; 75 percent business cap; restaurant terms; indoor arenas 10 percent; hospitals 10 percent reserve; school masks

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
2020-12-09 Dec. 9, 2020
Effective
2020-12-11 17:00 (read as 2020-12-11)
End
2021-01-15 17:00 as issued; extended by EO 1542 (Feb. 3) and EO 1543 (Mar. 3, 2021, 5:00 p.m.); repealed by EO 1549 (read as 2021-01-15)
In force
Dec. 11, 2020 to Jan. 15, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
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
  • theaters
  • personal care services
  • sports complexes
  • arenas
  • K-12 and college venues
  • hospitals
Functions reached
  • GATH 10/50
  • SF 75 percent
  • HR screening
  • DR restaurant terms
  • BA seated alcohol; 11:00 p.m.
  • MC reception halls 50 percent
  • PE theaters 50 percent
  • SL personal care masks
  • EVT arenas 25 percent outdoor / 10 percent indoor
  • AC K-12 events
  • SX hospital 10 percent reserve
  • IN school masks
Collection
Mississippi MS

Operative words

Repeal: Executive Order 1525 and all amendments thereto are rescinded and shall stand repealed.... This Safe Recovery Order shall be effective at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 11, 2020, and shall remain in full force and effect until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, [January 15, 2021]... Public and private social gatherings and recreational activities shall be limited to groups of no more than ten (10) people in a single indoor space or groups of no more than fifty (50) people in an outdoor space... Every person in Mississippi shall wear a face covering... [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... [screening each shift; 75 percent capacity; PPE]... restaurants and bars shall operate subject to the following limitations... 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; Customers shall be screened for illness prior to entry... Indoor Arenas:... the number of guests in indoor arenas shall be no greater than the lesser of 10% of the maximum [seating capacity or a fixed number]... Every employee shall be required to wear a face covering [personal care]... Customers shall wear a face covering.

Enforcement

As in EO 1525 (Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(b)(5)-(6); 33-15-43)

Notes

Eight-page signed original; K-12 indoor events limited to the lesser of four attendees per participant or capacity; outdoor 50 percent; college stadiums as in EO 1525.

Retrieval note

Filed from the City of Starkville DocumentCenter copy (802,591 bytes, the same size as the Secretary of State's capture, which was also read by OCR).