The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Cascade County, Montana · Montana
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-118; 50-2-116
- Issued
- 2020-11-20 Nov. 20, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-20; amendments effective 2021-01-22 5:00 a.m. (read as 2020-11-20)
- End
- The order's stated term ran to the later of a case rate of 25 per 100,000 or the end of the Governor's emergency (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- Nov. 20, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all businesses in Cascade County
- restaurants, cafes, coffee houses, bars, casinos, gyms, movie theatres
- event organizers
- Functions reached
- DR
- BA
- AM
- FC
- PE
- GATH
- SF (masks; capacity)
- MK events
- Collection
- Montana MT
Operative words
'Restaurants, cafes, coffee houses, bars, casinos, gyms, movie theatres, etc. must close no later than 10:00 PM'; all businesses required to maintain social distancing, enforce face coverings, and operate at 50% capacity maximum; indoor or outdoor assemblies capped at 25 people without distancing, or 50 with distancing (exceptions for houses of worship and school activities) (Montana Right Now, Jan. 15, 2021, and the Board's Jan. 6, 2021 minutes); from Jan. 22, 2021: capacity 75%; closing 12:30 a.m. with mandatory closure 12:30-4:00 a.m.; events of 250 indoors and 500 outdoors with approved plans; gathering caps and mask enforcement retained (KRTV, Jan. 20-22, 2021)
Enforcement
Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-118, -123, -124; the minutes discuss the 'Differences in authority and enforcement between a PHO Order and a BOH Order'
Notes
Cascade County kept 50 percent capacity and a 10 p.m. close a week after the State removed them, then 75 percent and 12:30 a.m. into spring 2021
Retrieval noteExistence, date and continuation confirmed by the Board's own minutes (MT-070).