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Executive Order 70-20

Gathering limit reduced from 25 to 10 and travel sports prohibited in Red, Orange and Gold counties

Governor Jim Justice · West Virginia (Red, Orange and Gold counties) (State)

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Jurisdiction
West Virginia (Red, Orange and Gold counties) · West Virginia
Level
State
Authority
W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1
Issued
2020-09-15 Sept. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-09-16 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-09-16)
End
Restated as to Red counties by EO 8-21 (Mar. 6, 2021) and EO 12-21 paragraph 6 (Apr. 20, 2021); the Red-county travel-sports prohibition was not terminated by any order located through Sept. 30, 2021 (read as 2021-03-06)
In force
Sept. 16, 2020 to Mar. 6, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Gathering capTravel and quarantineEvents and venues
Addressees
  • all individuals in Red, Orange and Gold counties
  • travel sports teams and travel leagues
Functions reached
  • GATH (ten persons by county color)
  • SP sports and tournaments
  • LG lodging (tournament travel)
  • CB
Collection
West Virginia WV

Operative words

for any county that is in any of the 'Red,' 'Orange,' or 'Gold' color categories on the County Alert System, as COVID-19 case rates may change each county's color category from time to time: 1. That the social gathering limitation found in Section 1.g.... and in Section 5... of Executive Order 9-20, as amended, is hereby decreased from 25 people to 10 people in such counties. 2. That travel sports teams and travel leagues are prohibited from bringing players or spectators together in such counties and that no practices, games, or other competition shall be held in such counties. For the purposes of this Order, 'travel sports teams' means teams that typically travel, often long distances and/or out of state, to games, competitions, and/or tournaments...

Enforcement

EO 9-20 paragraph 7

Notes

County color changed weekly on the DHHR map; the gathering cap in a given county therefore moved between 25 and 10 during the fourth quarter of 2020.

Retrieval note

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