The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Tupelo, Mississippi · Mississippi
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Miss. Code Ann. 21-19-3; EO 1492 I(i)(1) (local authority)
- Issued
- 2020-06-26 June 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-29 06:00 (read as 2020-06-29)
- End
- continued by EO 20-019 and EO 20-020 to Nov. 11, 2020 (read as 2020-11-11)
- In force
- June 29, 2020 to Nov. 11, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirement
- Addressees
- all persons within Tupelo
- indoor public and business spaces
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Mississippi MS
Operative words
Governor Tate Reeves in his Executive Order No. 1492(I)(i)(1) authorizes the City of Tupelo to implement more restrictive measures than currently in place for other Mississippians... effective at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, June 29, 2020, all persons who are present within the jurisdiction of the City of Tupelo shall wear a clean face covering any time they are, or will be, in contact with other people in indoor public or business spaces where it is not possible to maintain social distance... The intent of this executive order is to encourage voluntary compliance with the requirements established herein by the businesses and persons within the jurisdiction of the City of Tupelo.
Enforcement
Stated intent of voluntary compliance; enforcement by Tupelo Police Department from EO 20-020 (Sept. 30, 2020)
Notes
Recites the North Mississippi Medical Center 'near or at their capacity for treating COVID-19 inpatients' and the hospital's formal request for a face-covering policy. Ballotpedia describes Tupelo as the first Mississippi city with a mask rule (June 30, 2020).
Retrieval noteIssue date recorded as June 26, 2020 from the effective clause ('Monday, June 29') and the posting month; confirm from the exhibit.