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Ex. GA-013Executive Order 04.08.20.03Ensuring the safety of employees and residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. GA-015Executive Order 04.09.20.01Temporarily Allowing Remote Notarization and Attestation of documents during the COVID-19 Public Health State of EmergencyGovernor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. GA-016Executive Order 04.13.20.02Regarding the use of face masks/coverings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementOtherPrimary source read
Ex. GA-017Executive Order 04.20.20.01Providing flexibility for healthcare practices, moving certain businesses to minimum operations, and providing for emergency responseGovernor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-053MARTA COVID-19 essential-service reduction (bus service reduced to 41 routes effective Apr. 20, 2020) and employee telework/hiring freeze (Mar. 17, 2020), as posted on the agency's coronavirus pageMARTA coronavirus page (captured May 1, 2020): 'Effective April 20th, MARTA is reducing bus service to 41 routes to prioritize essential…MARTA (General Manager/CEO Jeffrey Parker)Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (Fulton, DeKalb and Clayton Counties and the City of Atlanta)Sector regulatorApr. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Telework mandateOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-USCG-PORTS-081GPA COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update page: Client Advisories of Mar. 13, 16, 18, 23, 24, 30, Apr. 8 and Apr. 21, 2020 (GPA Temperature Check Announcement)COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update - Client Advisory: GPA Temperature Check AnnouncementGeorgia Ports AuthorityGeorgia Ports Authority (State authority; Ports of Savannah and Brunswick)StateApr. 21, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-18-027Executive Order 04.20.20.01Reviving a Healthy Georgia (reopening of gyms, fitness centers, bowling alleys, body art studios, barbers, cosmetologists, hair designers…Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateApr. 20, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-020Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person Proceedings (June 11, 2020), adopted as an Order of the Superior Court of Fulton County on June 12, 2020Atlanta Judicial Circuit Guidelines for Expanding In-Person ProceedingsChief Judges of the Superior, State and Magistrate Courts of Fulton County (Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher, Superior Court)Fulton County, Georgia (Atlanta Judicial Circuit: Superior, State and Magistrate Courts)CourtJune 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-036Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Courthouse Safety Guidelines, No. 20-1-0005Order Declaring Courthouse Safety Guidelines During the Judicial EmergencyChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtJune 16, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-025Executive Order 06.29.20.02Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateJune 29, 20202020 Q3Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-011Emergency Order Requiring Face Coverings or Masks (June 30, 2020)Emergency Order requiring the public to wear masks or face coverings within the City of SavannahMayor Van R. Johnson IICity of Savannah, GeorgiaCityJune 30, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. FED-316Fourth Amendment to General Order 20-01In re: Court Operations Under the Exigent Circumstances Created by COVID-19 (General Order 20-01, Fourth Amendment)Chief Judge Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta, Gainesville, Newnan, Rome)CourtJuly 31, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-007Executive Order 2020-113Declaring an emergency; exercising emergency powers to ensure the enforcement of the Governor's Executive Order; prohibiting gatherings of…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityJuly 8, 20202020 Q3Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-027Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the Courthouse (July 2020)Notice to the Bar and Public Regarding Safety at the CourthouseChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-028Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential Matters (July 10, 2020)Alternatives When Handling Non-Essential MattersChief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-046Recommended Guidelines: Reopening Phases (revised 7/10/2020)City of Atlanta Recommended Guidelines, Reopening Phases: 'Based on the current available data, Atlanta is in Phase 1'Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (Advisory Council on Reopening Atlanta)City of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-061Executive Order 2020-114Declaring an emergency; exercising emergency powers to ensure the enforcement of the Governor's Executive Order; prohibiting gatherings of…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityJuly 10, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Emergency declarationStay-at-homeGathering capFace-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. GA-063Fourth Order Extending Declaration of Statewide Judicial EmergencyReimposition of litigant deadlines effective July 14, 2020, excepting jury and grand jury deadlinesChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtJuly 10, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-029Letter of the Chief Magistrate regarding dispossessory (eviction) cases and small claims, July 14, 2020Chief Magistrate's letter: no eviction hearings or writs of possession since March 14, 2020; landlord/tenant and small-claims calendars…Chief Magistrate Judge Brendan F. Murphy, Magistrate Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Magistrate Court)CourtJuly 14, 20202020 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-042DeKalb County mask ordinance adopted July 14, 2020, as amended July 21, 2020DeKalb County Passes Mask Ordinance to Stop the Spread of COVID-19 (County release, July 21, 2020)DeKalb County Board of Commissioners (ordinance authored by Commissioner Mereda Davis Johnson; amendments by CEO Michael L. Thurmond)DeKalb County, GeorgiaCountyJuly 21, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Face-covering requirementConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-055MARTA face-mask requirement for riders (in force by July 2020), as posted on the agency's coronavirus pageMARTA coronavirus page (captured July 15, 2020): 'MARTA requires you to wear a face mask or cloth covering over your nose and mouth to…MARTAMetropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit AuthoritySector regulatorJuly 15, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. GA-026Executive Order 07.15.20.01Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 (suspending local face-covering mandates)Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateJuly 15, 20202020 Q3Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-004Order for Mediation, Kemp v. Bottoms et al., Civil Action File No. 2020cv338387Order for Mediation (Gov. Brian P. Kemp v. Hon. Keisha Lance Bottoms, Felicia Moore and the members of the Atlanta City Council)Judge Jane C. Barwick, Superior Court of Fulton CountyFulton County, Georgia (Superior Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit)CourtJuly 22, 20202020 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-012Senate Bill 359 (2020), Georgia COVID-19 Pandemic Business Safety ActAn Act to amend Title 51 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to torts, so as to provide for certain immunities from…General Assembly of Georgia (Senators Hufstetler, Tillery, Strickland, Albers, Kirkpatrick and others); approved by Governor Brian P. Kemp, August 5, 2020GeorgiaStateAug. 5, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStanding dutyOperating conditionPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-06-GM-009CNN, '2020 Masters to take place in November without fans' (Aug. 12, 2020), quoting Augusta NationalThe Masters 2020Augusta National Golf ClubAugusta, GAOrganizerAug. 12, 20202020 Q3Organizer noticeConfirmed from a secondary source

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