{"id":"DUT-MS-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Mississippi","state":"MS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17, Local Civil Emergencies); the chief administrative officer of every municipality as the officer empowered","authority":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7","instrument":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7","title":"Local civil emergencies: officer\u0027s powers after proclamation (closing of retail liquor stores; discontinuance of sales; \u0027such other orders as are necessary for the protection of life and property\u0027)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","CLOSE","CURF","ALC","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally; specified businesses (retail liquor stores; sellers of intoxicating liquor and beer); all businesses reached by orders under paragraph (e)"],"clause":"After proclamation of a civil emergency, the chief administrative officer may at his discretion, in the interest of public safety and welfare: (a) Order the closing of all retail liquor stores. (b) Order the discontinuance of the sale of intoxicating liquor and/or beer.... (e) Issue such other orders as are necessary for the protection of life and property.","enforcement":"Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-9 (Ex. DUT-MS-016): misdemeanor by ordinance, fine up to $300 or six months\u0027 imprisonment, or both","functions":[],"notes":"The statutory basis of the municipal COVID-19 orders of Jackson, Tupelo, Biloxi and Starkville (Exs. MS-060 to MS-073): closures, curfews, face-covering and business-protocol orders issued \u0027for the protection of life and property\u0027 during a proclaimed civil emergency, and enforced under § 45-17-9 (Ex. DUT-MS-016). Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-45-public-safety-and-good-order/ms-code-sect-45-17-7.html","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200512190525/https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-45-public-safety-and-good-order/ms-code-sect-45-17-7.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":108126,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-MS","url":"/library/DUT-MS-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MS-015","citation":"Legislature of Mississippi (Mississippi Code of 1972, Title 45, ch. 17, Local Civil Emergencies); the chief administrative officer of every municipality as the officer empowered, Miss. Code Ann. § 45-17-7 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MS-015)","stateName":"Mississippi","related":["MS-060","MS-073","DUT-MS-016","MS-039"]}