{"id":"SEC-16-012","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Carolina","state":"NC","metro":"","industry":"16","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Roy Cooper","authority":"N.C. Gen. Stat. 166A-19.10, -19.30","instrument":"Executive Order No. 138","title":"Easing Restrictions on Travel, Business Operations, and Mass Gatherings: Phase 1","dateIssued":"2020-05-05","effective":"2020-05-08 5:00 p.m.","end":"2020-05-22 5:00 p.m. (superseded by EO 141)","startDate":"2020-05-08","endDate":"2020-05-22","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["GATH","STAY","CAP"],"addressees":["all individuals","places of worship"],"clause":"Section 6. Mass Gatherings Prohibited. A. Prohibition. Mass Gatherings are prohibited. \u0022Mass Gathering\u0022 means an event or convening that brings together more than ten (10) persons at the same time in a single space, such as an auditorium, stadium, arena, conference room, meeting hall, or any other confined indoor or outdoor space. This includes parades, fairs, and festivals. Mass Gatherings do not include gatherings for health and safety, to look for and obtain goods and services, for work, for worship, or exercise of First Amendment rights, or for receiving governmental services.... C. Outdoor meetings if possible. Because the risk of COVID-19 spread is much greater in an indoor setting, any gatherings of more than ten (10) people that are allowed under Subsection 6(A) shall take place outdoors unless impossible. D. Funerals. Notwithstanding the above, and in an effort to promote human dignity and limit suffering, Mass Gatherings at funerals are permitted for up to fifty (50) people.","enforcement":"Class 2 misdemeanor","functions":["WS indoor worship over 10 barred unless outdoor impossible","EV funerals capped at 50"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://files.nc.gov/governor/documents/files/EO138-Phase-1.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200506061314/https://files.nc.gov/governor/documents/files/EO138-Phase-1.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1689658,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-16","url":"/library/SEC-16-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-16-012","citation":"Governor Roy Cooper, Executive Order No. 138 (May 5, 2020) (Ex. SEC-16-012)","stateName":"North Carolina","related":["SEC-16-011"]}