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Declaration of Public Health Emergency by Rutherford County Mayor (extension of the July 20, 2020 face covering order)

Declaration of Public Health Emergency: extension of the face covering order to September 30, 2020

Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron · Rutherford County, Tennessee (Murfreesboro) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Rutherford County, Tennessee (Murfreesboro) · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Governor's EO 54, as amended by EO 55 and extended by EO 59
Issued
2020-08-29 Aug. 29, 2020
Effective
Aug. 29, 2020 (read as 2020-08-29)
End
By its terms 11:59 p.m. Sept. 30, 2020; lifted early at 5:00 p.m. Sept. 22, 2020 (Ex. TN-082). (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Aug. 29, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons within publicly accessible areas of commercial business establishments and business offices in Rutherford County
Functions reached
  • SF/EMP commercial establishments and offices in Murfreesboro, Smyrna and La Vergne (July 20-Sept. 22, 2020)
Collection
Tennessee TN

Operative words

WHEREAS, on July 20, 2020, and pursuant to Governor Bill Lee's Executive Order 54, the Mayor of Rutherford County, Tennessee issued a Declaration of Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic and ordered that cloth or other face coverings that cover the nose and mouth of a person be required, subject to certain limitations, in Rutherford County, Tennessee within all publicly-accessible areas of commercial business establishments; in public outdoor areas where social distancing of at least six feet cannot be maintained; and within the publicly-accessible areas of business offices where there is direct interaction with the public... does hereby order the extension of the provisions of the Order dated July 20, 2020 until 11:59 p.m., Central Daylight Time, on September 30, 2020

Enforcement

EO 54 ¶ 6; Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120

Retrieval note

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