{"id":"SC-024","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Henry McMaster","authority":"S.C. Const. art. IV, § 17; S.C. Code §§ 1-3-420, 1-3-430, 25-1-440, 44-4-100 et seq.; 49 C.F.R. § 390.23","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2020-40","title":"State of Emergency (with School Closures, Protection of First Responders, Transportation Waivers, and Modification of Prior Emergency Measures and Non-Essential Business Closures)","dateIssued":"2020-06-11","effective":"2020-06-11, fifteen days","end":"2020-06-26 (superseded by EO 2020-42); § 5 modifications permanent","startDate":"2020-06-11","endDate":"2020-06-26","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["EMER","SCH","HC","CLOSE","GATH","CAP"],"addressees":["all public schools, charter schools and the Governor\u0027s schools","state-supported colleges, universities and technical colleges","DHEC, nursing homes and assisted living","retail stores","bowling alleys","State and local event venues"],"clause":"I hereby direct the continued closure of all public schools in the State of South Carolina for students and non-essential employees for the duration of the State of Emergency.... I further authorize all state-supported colleges, universities, and technical colleges... to continue to provide instruction by delivering virtual and remote learning, by housing only out-of-state or displaced students, and by restricting on-campus services and activities to emergency or other critical personnel... I further direct DHEC to restrict visitation to nursing homes and assisted living facilities, with the exception of end-of-life situations... [§ 5(A) deletes EO 2020-10 § 5 (the 50-person cap at public facilities); § 5(B) deletes EO 2020-28 § 2(B) (the retail occupancy cap); § 5(C) authorizes bowling alleys to re-open].... the provisions of the following Orders shall remain in full force and effect for the duration of the State of Emergency...: Executive Order Nos. 2020-09, 2020-10, 2020-11, 2020-12, 2020-13, 2020-16, 2020-18, 2020-21, 2020-22, 2020-25, 2020-28, 2020-30, 2020-31, 2020-33, 2020-34, 2020-36, and 2020-37.","enforcement":"§ 6: § 16-7-10(A); § 1-3-440(4); DHEC","functions":["IN instruction (schools closed, colleges remote)","WF workforce","CP campus housing","VS visitation","SF retail cap removed","AM bowling","EVT public-venue events"],"notes":"Fixes June 11, 2020 as the end of the retail occupancy cap and of the 50-person public-facility rule, and confirms what stayed closed: night clubs, concert venues, theaters, auditoriums, performing arts centers, racetracks, adult entertainment, spectator sports (EO 2020-18 § 1(B)).","sourceUrl":"https://governor.sc.gov/sites/default/files/Documents/2020-06-11%20eFILED%20Executive%20Order%20No.%202020-40%20-%20State%20of%20Emergency.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":347358,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-024","citation":"Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-40 (June 11, 2020) (Ex. SC-024)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-039","SC-023","SC-025","SC-022","SC-021","SC-020","SC-026","SC-037","SC-019","SC-018","SC-017","SC-016"]}