{"id":"SC-058","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Columbia, South Carolina","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City Council","authority":"S.C. Code § 5-7-250 (municipal emergency ordinances); Columbia City Code (emergency powers of the Mayor)","instrument":"Ordinance No. 2021-068, Emergency Order by the Mayor Declaring a State of Emergency (Facial Coverings)","title":"Emergency order requiring facial coverings in all buildings at public and private schools and daycares within the City","dateIssued":"2021-08-04","effective":"2021-08-05 (ratified by Ordinance 2021-069 the next day)","end":"2021-09-02 (declared void as to K-12 public schools by Op. No. 28056, SC-041; sixty-day emergency term otherwise); re-enacted by Ordinance 2021-078 (Sept. 8, 2021)","startDate":"2021-08-05","endDate":"2021-09-02","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["all faculty, staff, children over the age of two and visitors at public and private schools and daycares in the City","principals, administrators, owners, managers, supervisors and any employee \u0027that has the authority and ability to ensure that the requirements of this Ordinance are met\u0027"],"clause":"(as quoted in Op. No. 28056) the ordinances mandate facemasks for \u0027all faculty, staff, children over the age of two (2), and visitors, in all buildings at public and private schools or daycares.\u0027... The City ordinances would impose a $100 fine for each \u0027civil infraction.\u0027 In addition to the fine, \u0027repeated violations of this Ordinance by a person who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls a school\u0027 are subject to a host of legal sanctions.","enforcement":"$100 civil infraction per violation; sanctions for repeated violations by persons who own, manage, operate or control a school (Op. No. 28056)","functions":["IN instruction (public and private schools)","EC child care (daycares)","WF workforce","HR staff duties (enforcement obligation)"],"notes":"The exhibit is the City\u0027s own PDF as captured by the Wayback Machine; it is a scan without a text layer, so the operative words are quoted from the Supreme Court\u0027s opinion.","sourceUrl":"https://www.columbiasc.net/uploads/headlines/08-04-2021/emergency-meeting-ordinance/Ordinance_2021_068_Emergency_Order_Declaring_State_of_Emergency_Facial_Coverings.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210901/https://www.columbiasc.net/uploads/headlines/08-04-2021/emergency-meeting-ordinance/Ordinance_2021_068_Emergency_Order_Declaring_State_of_Emergency_Facial_Coverings.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":720574,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-058","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-058","citation":"Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin (Emergency Order), ratified by City Council, Ordinance No. 2021-068, Emergency Order by the Mayor Declaring a State of Emergency (Facial Coverings) (Aug. 4, 2021) (Ex. SC-058)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-041","SC-059"]}