{"id":"NC-003","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Roy Cooper","authority":"N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.30(c), 166A-19.31(b)(2); 130A-20(a) (Secretary\u0027s abatement order); 130A-145(a) (State Health Director quarantine and isolation authority)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 118","title":"Limiting Operations of Restaurants and Bars and Broadening Unemployment Insurance Benefits in Response to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17 17:00","end":"2020-03-31 by its terms; continued by EO 121 sec. 2(H) and EO 138; dine-in reopened 2020-05-22 (EO 141); bars indoor reopened 2021-02-26 (EO 195)","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","ALC"],"addressees":["restaurants","bars","private clubs","food courts"],"clause":"restaurants are restricted to carry-out, drive-through, delivery, and onsite consumption in outdoor seating areas, subject to mass gathering restrictions to create an environment where staff and patrons maintain social distancing (at least 6 feet from other people) whenever possible. Bars are directed to close. These restrictions are effective as of 5:00pm, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 until March 31, 2020, or until this Order is rescinded or replaced.","enforcement":"Sec. 1(a)(vi): direction to State and local law enforcement under 166A-19.30(a)(2); Class 2 misdemeanor under 14-288.20A; Secretary\u0027s abatement order under 130A-20(a) (NC-067)","functions":["DR dining room","BA bar service","BQ banquets","CB customer base"],"notes":"Sec. 1(b) defines restaurants to include cafeterias, food halls, dining halls, kiosks at airports and shopping centers, educational institutions\u0027 food courts, and private or members-only clubs. Sec. 2 broadens unemployment insurance.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.nc.gov/documents/files/eo118/open","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1191591,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NC","url":"/library/NC-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NC-003","citation":"Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 118 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. NC-003)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["NC-067","DUT-NC-002","DUT-NC-011","NC-002","NC-039","NC-001","NC-004","NC-005","NC-006","NC-007","NC-008","NC-040"]}