{"id":"DUT-MT-027","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Gianforte","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104(2)(c), -305(2); Title 50, ch. 1; EO 2-2021","instrument":"Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 (Feb. 12, 2021; rescinding and replacing all prior directives) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-021)","title":"Directive of February 12, 2021: General Masking; Phased Reopening no longer in force; Public Gatherings; Businesses","dateIssued":"2021-02-12","effective":"2021-02-12 (\u0027effective immediately\u0027)","end":"2021-06-30 (EO 10-2021, Ex. MT-022)","startDate":"2021-02-12","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMP","OTHER"],"addressees":["all businesses; employers; persons generally"],"clause":"Montanans are encouraged to wear masks and should follow the best industry practices adopted by any business they visit... businesses should make reasonable efforts to develop and implement appropriate policies based on industry best practices... in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations and guidance regarding: 1) Masking;... 7) Teleworking.","enforcement":"None for the business-policy and masking clauses (recommendatory); the Directive remained the operative instrument of the emergency to June 30, 2021","functions":[],"notes":"Recorded exactly as a recommendation: from February 12, 2021 the State\u0027s general business clause was \u0027should\u0027, and individuals were \u0027encouraged\u0027 to wear masks and \u0027should follow the best industry practices adopted by any business they visit\u0027; its legal effect for employers came from the standing statutes (50-71-201; 39-71-1504) and from SB 65, approved two days earlier, under which reasonable measures consistent with \u0027federal, state, and local regulations and guidance\u0027 were the complete defense (27-1-1606; DUT-MT-014). The Directive kept mandatory clauses elsewhere (alcohol delivery \u0027must\u0027; local government office hours \u0027must\u0027; carriers \u0027shall not\u0027).","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":298334,"grade":"primary","character":"recommendation_only","description":"","collection":"DUT-MT","url":"/library/DUT-MT-027","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MT-027","citation":"Governor Greg Gianforte, Directive Implementing Executive Order 2-2021 (Feb. 12, 2021; rescinding and replacing all prior directives) (cross-reference to Ex. MT-021) (Ex. DUT-MT-027)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-022","DUT-MT-014","MT-087","DUT-MT-013","MT-076","MT-077","MT-080","MT-081","MT-084","MT-085","DUT-MT-026"]}