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Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-071GDC notice, 'Visitation Suspended Through 8.12.2020' (current as of July 9, 2020), with the Visitation Update of July 8, 2020 and Attorney Visitation notice of July 10, 2020Statewide visitation suspension (from Mar. 13, 2020) continued through Aug. 12, 2020Georgia Department of Corrections (Commissioner Timothy C. Ward)Georgia Department of Corrections; State levelStateJuly 9, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-033Order Declaring Judicial Emergency, In re Declaration of Judicial Emergency, No. 20-1-0005 (Cobb Super. Ct.)Order Declaring Judicial Emergency (Cobb Judicial Circuit)Chief Judge Reuben M. Green, Superior Court of Cobb CountyCobb County, Georgia (Cobb Judicial Circuit)CourtMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-134Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (as amended)Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencySupreme Court of Georgia (Chief Justice Harold D. Melton)GeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. GA-062Order Declaring Statewide Judicial EmergencyStatewide judicial emergency (jury trials, grand juries and deadlines suspended)Chief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-12-034Order Declaring Statewide Judicial Emergency (Mar. 14, 2020), as amendedStatewide Judicial EmergencyChief Justice Harold D. Melton, Supreme Court of GeorgiaGeorgiaCourtMar. 14, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-069USG directive of March 16, 2020 moving all 26 institutions to online instruction for the remainder of the spring semester (USG coronavirus page)Systemwide move to online instruction for the remainder of spring 2020; students directed not to return to campus; limited operationsBoard of Regents of the University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley)University System of Georgia, Board of Regents (26 institutions); State levelStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-048Executive Order 2020-08Restaurants and other public establishments with an approved occupancy of fifty or more to limit maximum occupancy to fifty personsMayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Capacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-059Order declaring a judicial emergency for all courts in Clayton County (Mar. 16-Apr. 13, 2020)Clayton County Judicial Circuit order halts jury trials and civil or non-essential mattersChief Judge Geronda V. Carter, Superior Court of Clayton CountyClayton County, Georgia (Clayton Judicial Circuit)CourtMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-27-007USG Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates: 'USG Suspends Instruction to Assess Continuity Plans, Online Instruction' (Mar. 12, 2020), 'USG Moves to Online Instruction for Remainder of Semester' (Mar. 16, 2020, 4:47 p.m.), 'USG Institutions to Develop Creative Alternatives to Commencement Ceremony' (Mar. 18, 2020), refunds update (Mar. 19, 2020)Systemwide suspension of instruction, move to online instruction for the remainder of spring 2020, closure of residence halls, cancellation…University System of Georgia (Chancellor Steve Wrigley; Board of Regents)Georgia (University System of Georgia, Board of Regents; 26 institutions)StateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capSchools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-GA-018ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health EmergencyAssociation County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governmentsGeorgiaStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-049Administrative Order 2020-07Directing the Atlanta Police Department to refrain from enforcing prohibitions on package sales of unopened wine and malt beverages by…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityMar. 20, 20202020 Q2Business closureAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-062Fulton County Clerk website 'Emergency Alert: Board of Equalization Tax Appeal Hearing Updates' and real-estate recording Good-Thru notice (as archived nearest April 1, 2020)Fulton County Clerk emergency alert and recording Good-Thru notice (March-April 2020)Fulton County Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts Cathelene RobinsonFulton County, Georgia (Clerk of Superior and Magistrate Courts; real-estate recording)CountyMar. 21, 20202020 Q2Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-008Declaration of Local Emergency (COVID-19)Declaration of Local EmergencyMayor Van R. Johnson II (attest Mark Massey, Clerk of Council)City of Savannah, GeorgiaCityMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. GA-066DPH Administrative Order 03.22.20.01 (and successors)Public health control measures: isolation, quarantine and shelter-in-place of the medically fragileGeorgia Department of Public Health (Commissioner Kathleen E. Toomey, M.D.)GeorgiaStateMar. 22, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-ATL-022Executive Order No. 20-001Executive Order declaring a public health and economic state of emergency in DeKalb County (COVID-19)Chief Executive Officer Michael L. ThurmondDeKalb County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. GA-005Executive Order 03.23.20.01Limiting large gatherings statewide, ordering 'shelter in place' for specific populations, and closing bars and nightclubs in Georgia for…Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-001Executive Order 2020-21Declaring an emergency; directing all individuals living in the City of Atlanta to stay at their place of residence; ceasing non-essential…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-003Addendum to the Declaration and Ratification of Public Health Emergency Within Fulton County and Order of Closure or Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide (enumeration of Essential Businesses and Essential Business Activities)03.31.20 Addendum to Declaration of Public Health EmergencyFulton County Board of Health; S. Elizabeth Ford, M.D., M.B.A., Interim District Health Director (approved as to form: Jennifer R. Culler, Senior Assistant County Attorney)Fulton County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-009First Amended Declaration of Local Emergency ('Shelter at Home')First Amended Declaration of Local Emergency, 'Shelter at Home'Mayor Van R. Johnson IICity of Savannah, GeorgiaCityMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-018Resolution of the Fulton County Board of Health to Declare and Ratify Public Declarations of a Local Public Health Emergency in Fulton County Due to the Threat and Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and to Order the Modification of Certain Business Activities Countywide to Minimize Direct Human ContactBoard of Health resolution: public health emergency; dine-in restaurants closed countywide; gatherings and direct-contact businesses limited…Fulton County Board of HealthFulton County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-030Declaration of Emergency in Cobb CountyDeclaration of Emergency in Cobb County (COVID-19)Michael H. Boyce, Chairman, Cobb County Board of CommissionersCobb County, Georgia (unincorporated area)CountyMar. 24, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-16-104Executive Order 03.23.20.01Executive Order to Ensure a Safe and Healthy Georgia (gatherings of 10 or more prohibited unless six feet apart; bars closed; medically…Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capPrimary source read
Ex. GA-007Executive Order 03.25.20.01Regarding Georgia driver's licenses and identification cards, ignition interlock device requirements, etc.Governor Brian P. KempGeorgiaStateMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-054Executive Order 2020-22Re-declaring the emergency; all individuals directed to shelter at their place of residence; all businesses to cease non-essential…Mayor Keisha Lance BottomsCity of Atlanta, GeorgiaCityMar. 26, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantinePrimary source read
Ex. MET-ATL-051DeKalb County 'State of Emergency Executive Order' web page listing EO 20-001 (Mar. 23, 2020) and EO 20-002 (Mar. 27, 2020)CEO Thurmond Issues State of Emergency, Stay-at-Home Executive OrdersDeKalb County Government (Office of the CEO)DeKalb County, GeorgiaCountyMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationStay-at-homePrimary source read