{"id":"MT-014","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Steve Bullock","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-103, -104, -302, -305; 50-1-202, -203, -204; 37 A.G. Op. 132 (1978)","instrument":"Phase Two Directive (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and establishing conditions for Phase Two), with Appendices","title":"Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and establishing conditions for Phase Two","dateIssued":"2020-05-19","effective":"2020-05-19 \u0027effective immediately, except where specified\u0027; Phase Two conditions effective June 1, 2020","end":"\u0027expires at the end of the emergency, except where specified\u0027; Phase Two capacity and gathering terms modified Nov. 20, 2020 (MT-018) and removed Jan. 15, 2021 (MT-020); phased approach declared \u0027no longer in force\u0027 Feb. 12, 2021 (MT-021)","startDate":"2020-05-19","endDate":"2020-11-20","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CAP","GATH","TELE","EMP","TRAV","HC","SCH","EVT","OTHER"],"addressees":["all individuals","all businesses","restaurants, bars, breweries, distilleries, casinos","gyms, pools, hot tubs","concert halls, bowling alleys and other places of assembly","child-care facilities","senior and assisted living facilities","employers"],"clause":"Effective June 1, avoid gathering in groups of more than 50 people in circumstances that do not readily allow for appropriate physical distancing.... Groups larger than 50 people should be cancelled unless physical distancing can be maintained.... Vulnerable individuals should continue to adhere to the stay-at-home guidance. All businesses may operate, provided they adhere to physical distancing and the conditions in this Directive, the Phase Two Guidelines, and all other Directives and guidance remaining in effect.... Restaurants, bars, breweries, distilleries and casinos remain in the same operational status as Phase One, but with an increase to 75 percent capacity. Gyms, indoor group fitness classes, pools, and hot tubs can operate at 75 percent capacity and only if they can adhere to strict physical distancing... Concert halls, bowling alleys, and other places of assembly may operate with reduced capacity... Employers should continue to permit telework as much as possible and where feasible... Effective June 1, the provisions of the March 30 Directive requiring quarantine for non-work-related arrivals in Montana will no longer be in effect.","enforcement":"\u0027Directive Is Public Health Order and Enforceable By County Attorney\u0027 (Mont. Code Ann. 50-1-103(2)); less-restrictive local ordinances preempted","functions":["DR dining room (75 percent)","BA bar","FC fitness (75 percent)","PE places of assembly (reduced capacity)","GATH events (50)","OF office (telework)","TV travel (quarantine lifted June 1; Guard screening continues)","VS visitation (Phase One rules continue)","EC child care (24-person cap lifted)","SV evictions (vulnerable-population protections continue)"],"notes":"Eviction and foreclosure protections continue through May 24 and, for vulnerable sheltering individuals with financial hardship, 30 days after they cease to shelter or the end of the emergency; the rent and mortgage assistance program continues for the duration of the emergency","sourceUrl":"https://covid19.mt.gov/_docs/Phase%20Two%20Directive%20with%20Appendices.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":633966,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MT","url":"/library/MT-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MT-014","citation":"Governor Steve Bullock, Phase Two Directive (Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and establishing conditions for Phase Two), with Appendices (May 19, 2020) (Ex. MT-014)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-018","MT-020","MT-021","DUT-MT-022","DUT-MT-028","MT-010","MT-011","MT-013","MT-025","MT-033","DUT-MT-012","MT-032"]}