{"id":"GA-026","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Georgia","state":"GA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Brian P. Kemp","authority":"O.C.G.A. 38-3-28; 38-3-51; 38-3-7","instrument":"Executive Order 07.15.20.01","title":"Providing additional guidance for Empowering a Healthy Georgia in response to COVID-19 (suspending local face-covering mandates)","dateIssued":"2020-07-15","effective":"2020-07-16 12:00 A.M.","end":"2020-07-31 11:59 P.M. (mask-suspension clause carried by EO 07.31.20.02 to Aug. 15, 2020, then replaced by EO 08.15.20.01)","startDate":"2020-07-16","endDate":"2020-07-31","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["STAY","CAP","GATH","ALC","EVT","EMP","HC","SCH","MASK"],"addressees":["all residents","counties and municipalities","all businesses and organizations","the medically fragile"],"clause":"That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-28, other than orders issued pursuant to the authority of Code Section 38-3-60 et seq., any state, county, or municipal law, order, ordinance, rule, or regulation that requires persons to wear face coverings, masks, face shields, or any other Personal Protective Equipment while in places of public accommodation or on public property are suspended to the extent that they are more restrictive than this Executive Order.... [and] orders, rules, and regulations that are promulgated by county and municipal governments that are more or less restrictive than the terms of this Order shall be considered inconsistent with this Order.","enforcement":"That pursuant to Code Section 38-3-7, any person who violates this Order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor... That any law enforcement officer, after providing reasonable notice and issuing at least two citations for violations of Code Section 38-3-7, is authorized to mandate the closure of any business, establishment, corporation, non-profit corporation, or organization not in compliance with this Order","functions":["GATH 50","CB medically fragile confined","EMP mandatory sector measures","MASK local mandates voided (Atlanta, Savannah, Athens-Clarke and others)"],"notes":"Voided the fifteen local mask orders then in force (Ballotpedia); the Governor sued Atlanta the next day (Kemp v. Bottoms, Fulton Super. Ct., July 16, 2020; withdrawn Aug. 13, 2020).","sourceUrl":"https://gov.georgia.gov/document/2020-executive-order/07152001/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1769353,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"GA","url":"/library/GA-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/GA-026","citation":"Governor Brian P. Kemp, Executive Order 07.15.20.01 (July 15, 2020) (Ex. GA-026)","stateName":"Georgia","related":["SEC-17-GM-073","SEC-18-GM-037","GA-025","GA-024","GA-027","GA-023","GA-022","GA-018","GA-020","GA-028","GA-019","GA-017"]}