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Ex. DUT-SC-005S.C. Code Ann. § 25-1-440Additional powers and duties of Governor during declared emergencyGeneral Assembly of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaStateJune 11, 20082020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-006S.C. Code Ann. §§ 1-3-420, 1-3-430, 1-3-440, 1-3-460 (Title 1, Chapter 3, Article 7)Proclamation of emergency by Governor; orders to prevent danger; further powers of Governor; powers supplementalGeneral Assembly of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. SC-001Executive Order No. 2020-08State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)Governor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SC-002Executive Order No. 2020-09Closing Public Schools, Cancelling Elections, etc. Due to CoronavirusGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Gathering capSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-003Executive Order No. 2020-10Directing Additional Emergency Measures in Response to COVID-19Governor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-046Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-03-18-01)Statewide moratorium on eviction and foreclosure proceedingsChief Justice Donald W. Beatty, Supreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-004Executive Order No. 2020-11Additional Emergency Measures and Regulatory Relief re COVID-19Governor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Telework mandateHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-026SCDMV COVID-19 Update #1 (Executive Director's guidance of March 26, 2020)SCDMV Update #1, March 26, 2020: credentials and registrations expiring March 1 to June 30, 2020 treated as valid until July 1, 2020Kevin A. Shwedo, Executive Director, South Carolina Department of Motor VehiclesSouth Carolina (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles)StateMar. 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SC-008Executive Order No. 2020-15State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 PandemicGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMar. 28, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-018Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Mar. 29, 2020) (to Rep. Jeff Bradley), on the extraordinary powers of the Governor during a state of emergency, with additional citationsDo the Governor's extraordinary powers in a state of emergency preempt similar orders of counties and municipalities during the same state…Attorney General Alan Wilson, by Robert D. Cook, Solicitor General (expedited opinion to the Hon. Jeff Bradley, S.C. House of Representatives, District 123)South CarolinaStateMar. 29, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyEmergency declarationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SC-010Executive Order No. 2020-17Closure of Non-Essential Businesses, Venues, Facilities, Services, and Activities for Public UseGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMar. 31, 20202020 Q2Business closureTelework mandateEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-047Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (2020-04-03-01)Statewide trial-court operations order: jury trials continued; hearings remote or limited to ten personsSupreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-011Executive Order No. 2020-18Closure of Additional Non-Essential Businesses, Venues, Facilities, Services, and Activities for Public UseGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateApr. 3, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-024SCDMV 'COVID-19 Related Information' page (April 8, 2020; as archived April 10, 2020)SCDMV COVID-19 Related Information: appointments required at branch offices; road tests suspended; extensions of document expirationsSouth Carolina Department of Motor VehiclesSouth Carolina (State agency: Department of Motor Vehicles)StateApr. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Capacity limitCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-014Executive Order No. 2020-23State of Emergency Due to Acceleration of COVID-19 PandemicGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateApr. 12, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-SC-019Op. S.C. Att'y Gen. (Apr. 13, 2020) (to Rep. Josiah Magnuson), on the Governor's authority under § 25-1-440 and the fifteen-day limitationWhether the Governor may issue successive fifteen-day emergency declarations without the consent of the General Assembly; the scope of the…Attorney General Alan Wilson (opinion to the Hon. Josiah Magnuson, S.C. House of Representatives)South CarolinaStateApr. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Standing dutyEmergency declarationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SC-048Order re Operation of the Trial Courts During the Coronavirus Emergency (As Amended April 22, 2020) (2020-04-22-01)Amended statewide trial-court operations orderSupreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtApr. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4Gathering capCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-016Executive Order No. 2020-29New State of Emergency Due to COVID-19 Pandemic, Response, Recovery, etc.Governor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateApr. 27, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. SC-050Supreme Court Order 2020-05-01-01 (May 1, 2020)Attorney supervision of real estate closings by video conference during the emergencySupreme Court of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaCourtMay 1, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Courts and public officesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SC-020Executive Order No. 2020-35State of Emergency to Facilitate COVID-19 Pandemic Response, Testing, and Other MeasuresGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMay 12, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. SC-049Order re Statewide Evictions and Foreclosures (2020-04-30-02)Resumption of evictions and foreclosures May 15, 2020 with CARES Act certificationChief Justice Donald W. BeattySouth CarolinaCourtApr. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Gathering capFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-051Order re Use of Personal Protective Equipment in County Court Facilities (2020-05-26-01)Right to wear PPE in county court facilities statewide; interference punishable as contemptChief Justice Donald W. BeattySouth CarolinaCourtMay 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. SC-023Executive Order No. 2020-38State of Emergency to Facilitate Coordinated COVID-19 Pandemic ResponseGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateMay 27, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. SC-024Executive Order No. 2020-40State of Emergency (with School Closures, Protection of First Responders, Transportation Waivers, and Modification of Prior Emergency…Governor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateJune 11, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read
Ex. SC-025Executive Order No. 2020-42State of EmergencyGovernor Henry McMasterSouth CarolinaStateJune 26, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersPrimary source read