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- Jurisdiction
- Mississippi
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Mississippi Emergency Management Law, Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-1 et seq.
- Issued
- 2021-04-30 Apr. 30, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-30 17:00 (read as 2021-04-30)
- End
- school clause spent at the end of the 2020-21 academic year; remainder 'shall remain in full force and effect unless amended or rescinded' (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Apr. 30, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementSchools and child careOther
- Addressees
- all persons
- businesses and non-profits
- close-contact personal care services
- schools
- Functions reached
- IN school masks (to end of 2020-21 year)
- SL personal care (encouraged)
- EMP (encouraged)
- Collection
- Mississippi MS
Operative words
Executive Order 1549, as amended and extended by Executive Order 1550, is rescinded and shall stand repealed. Duration: This Executive Order shall be effective at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 30, 2021, and, except as otherwise provided herein, shall remain in full force and effect unless amended or rescinded... All business and non-profit entities operating within the State of Mississippi are encouraged to make reasonable, good-faith efforts to comply with the CDC's and Mississippi State Department of Health's regulations and guidelines... Face Coverings: For the remainder of the 2020-2021 academic year, every person in Mississippi shall wear a face covering, covering the nose and mouth, while inside a school building or classroom.
Enforcement
School clause mandatory under the Emergency Management Law; other clauses are recommendations
Notes
The signed text is attached as Exhibit A to Biloxi's Twelfth Mayoral Proclamation of May 4, 2021 (MS-073), from which it was read. Ballotpedia (May 3, 2021): the Governor 'lifted all remaining coronavirus restrictions (including all capacity restrictions on sports and entertainment venues) except for the mask requirement inside schools'.
Retrieval notePrimary text read in full from the copy attached to MS-073 (Biloxi); the Secretary of State's file itself was refused by the Wayback Machine during this session. Cite as EO 1551 (Apr. 30, 2021), attached to Ex. MS-073.