{"id":"SC-061","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Richland County, South Carolina (unincorporated areas)","state":"SC","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Richland County Council","authority":"S.C. Code §§ 4-9-25, 4-9-130 (emergency ordinances effective immediately, expiring the sixty-first day); Richland County Code § 2-31","instrument":"Emergency Ordinance No. ___-21HR, An Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Masks to Help Alleviate the Spread of COVID 19, Specifically the Recent Surge in the Delta Variant","title":"Masks in every commercial establishment in unincorporated Richland County and in schools and daycares","dateIssued":"2021-09-14","effective":"2021-09-15 6:00 a.m.","end":"Sixty-first day after adoption (Nov. 14, 2021) unless re-enacted","startDate":"2021-09-15","endDate":"2021-11-14","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["all persons entering a commercial establishment in the unincorporated County","owners, managers and persons in control of commercial establishments","faculty, staff, students and visitors of public and private schools and daycares in the unincorporated County (Article 2)"],"clause":"1. All persons entering a commercial establishment in the unincorporated Richland County [must wear a face mask]... [violation is] a civil infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than $25.00. A person who [owns or controls a business that fails to require masks is guilty of a civil infraction] punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00... [each day a] separate and distinct offense.... ARTICLE 2. Mask Requirement as it Pertains to Schools and Daycares... This Article pertains to schools subject to Proviso 1.108 of the 2021-2022 Appropriations Act and private schools and daycares... No school district or public school within the unincorporated Richland County shall create, announce, or enforce any policy requiring face masks... No public school employee shall use any paid work time or work equipment to [enforce this Ordinance]... SECTION IV. Effective Date. This Emergency Ordinance shall be effective beginning at 6:00am on September 15, 2021. This Ordinance shall automatically expire on the 61st day after [adoption].","enforcement":"Civil infraction: $25 per person; $100 for the business or school; each day a separate offense; County code enforcement \u0027will periodically visit affected establishments\u0027; no school or school-district staff enforcement (Article 2 ¶¶ 4-7, drafted to avoid Proviso 1.108)","functions":["SF sales floor (every commercial establishment)","DR dining room","SL salons","IN instruction","EC daycares","WF workforce","CB customers under mask condition"],"notes":"A Q3 2021 general-commerce mask order in a county of more than 400,000 residents, adopted the day the County\u0027s earlier ordinance was superseded; the Supreme Court cited it in Op. No. 28063 n.2.","sourceUrl":"https://www.richlandcountysc.gov/Portals/0/Departments/PublicInformationOffice/Docs/9_14_21%20mask%20ordinance.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210916063341/https://www.richlandcountysc.gov/Portals/0/Departments/PublicInformationOffice/Docs/9_14_21%20mask%20ordinance.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":129899,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SC","url":"/library/SC-061","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SC-061","citation":"Richland County Council, Emergency Ordinance No. ___-21HR, An Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Masks to Help Alleviate the Spread of COVID 19, Specifically the Recent Surge in the Delta Variant (Sept. 14, 2021) (Ex. SC-061)","stateName":"South Carolina","related":["SC-042"]}