Executive Order 39-20

The record

Jurisdiction

West Virginia

Level

State

Authority

W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1

Issued

2020-05-19 May 19, 2020

Effective

2020-05-21 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-05-21)

End

Superseded by later amendments; formally terminated Apr. 20, 2021 (EO 12-21) (read as 2021-04-20)

In force

May 21, 2020 to Apr. 20, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules

Addressees

• all businesses and operations
• restaurants
• retail businesses and malls
• tanning businesses
• state park campgrounds
• outdoor recreation outfitters

Functions reached

• DR dining room (50 percent)
• SF sales floor and ML malls (reopened with distancing and hygiene conditions)
• TV travel demand (isolation order ended)
• LG campgrounds (residents only)
• OF (non-essential businesses over ten employees still under section 2)

Collection

West Virginia WV

Operative words

'2. Non-essential businesses and operations must generally continue to temporarily cease operations, but certain home-based and small businesses may continue to operate. All businesses and operations in West Virginia, except Essential Businesses and Operations as defined below, shall continue to suspend all activities within the state except for such minimum basic operations... Further, small businesses that have ten or less employees in their place of business and which have more limited customer interaction and customer contact... may continue to operate...' 'c.... Restaurants and other facilities that prepare and serve food and/or drinks, but only for limited on-premises consumption of food and/or drinks... including a limitation on indoor seating occupancy of 50% of such restaurant's or other facility's seating capacity.' 'cc. Retail Businesses. Retail businesses, including those located inside of malls (and to include the operations of malls themselves), may resume operations, but must ensure that proper social distancing and hygiene practices are maintained.'... 4. Executive Order 14-20, ordering the closure of state park campgrounds and requiring that all individuals who are travelling from areas with substantial community spread of COVID-19 self-isolate for a period of 14 days upon entry to West Virginia, is hereby terminated in its entirety and without further effect. 5. State park campgrounds may reopen to residents of the state of West Virginia, provided, however, that all state park campgrounds shall remain closed to any new arrivals... who have traveled from outside of West Virginia.

Enforcement

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