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Executive Order No. 77

An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 by Extending Executive Order No. 73, as Amended

Governor Bill Lee · Tennessee (State)

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Jurisdiction
Tennessee
Level
State
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107
Issued
2021-02-26 Feb. 26, 2021
Effective
11:59 p.m. CT Feb. 27, 2021 (read as 2021-02-27)
End
11:59 p.m. Apr. 28, 2021 (Section D ¶ 3); amended by EO 80 (Section C deleted; term to May 31, 2021) (read as 2021-04-28)
In force
Feb. 27, 2021 to Apr. 28, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOther
Addressees
  • health care system
  • schools (athletics)
  • restaurants (alcohol to-go)
  • county mayors (Section C, EO 54 restated)
  • local officials (¶ 13 restated)
Functions reached
  • MASK county mask orders authorized to Apr. 28, 2021
  • HC regulatory flexibilities, hospital capacity, National Guard (¶ 10.3), telemedicine (¶ 38)
  • BA/DR alcohol to-go and expanded premises
  • AC school athletics under TSSAA rules
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

B. Restated provisions that originated in Executive Order No. 38...: 2. Sports and athletics... 12. Take-out alcohol sales... 12.1 Waiver of application fee to expand premises... 13. Local orders [¶ 13.b preemption in the 89 counties; ¶ 13.c authority of the six locally run county health departments]. C. Restated provisions that originated in Executive Order No. 54...: 2. Specific delegation of authority to issue orders concerning face coverings.... county mayors in the 89 counties that do not have a locally run county health department shall have the authority to issue orders or measures requiring or recommending the wearing of face coverings within their jurisdictions... D. 3. Term and effective date. This Order takes effect at 11:59 p.m., Central Time, on February 27, 2021, and shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m., Central Time, on April 28, 2021.

Enforcement

Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120 (Section C ¶ 6 restated)

Notes

EO 77 did not restate EO 38 ¶ 6 (LTC visitation), ¶ 9 (positives stay home) or ¶ 10 (employer bar): those statewide mandates lapsed 11:59 p.m. Feb. 27, 2021; the ¶ 16.1 unemployment provision and the health-care provisions continued

Retrieval note

Attestation line reads '26th day of February, 2020' (a scrivener's error for 2021; receipt stamp Feb. 26, 2021; term clause dated 2021).