{"id":"TN-023","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107","instrument":"Executive Order No. 59","title":"An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 and Extend Certain Provisions of Executive Order Nos. 36, 38, 49, 50, 54, and 55","dateIssued":"2020-08-28","effective":"11:59 p.m. CDT Aug. 29, 2020","end":"11:59 p.m. Sept. 30, 2020 (Part D)","startDate":"2020-08-29","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["EMER","GATH","ALC","MASK","HC","QUAR","EMP","EVT"],"addressees":["all persons and businesses subject to EO 38 ¶¶ 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12.1, 13; county mayors (EO 54)"],"clause":"The following provisions in Executive Order No. 38, as amended by Executive Order Nos. 49 and 55, are hereby extended: 2. Social distancing remains imperative. 3. Places of worship, weddings, and funerals. 5. Persons are urged to wear face coverings in public places. 6. Visitation restrictions for elderly-citizen and care-related facilities. 8. Special care should be taken to protect vulnerable populations. 9. Persons with COVID-19 or COVID-19 symptoms must stay at home. 10. Employers shall not require or allow employees with COVID-19 to work. 11. Limited service restaurants (bars). 12. Take-out alcohol sales by restaurants and limited-service restaurants to continue... 12.1 Waiver of application fee to expand premises. Executive Order No. 54, as amended by Executive Order No. 55, providing local governments with authority concerning face coverings is hereby extended in its entirety.","enforcement":"Part C ¶ 1 suspends any law limiting enforceability; Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-120","functions":["GATH 50-person cap continued to Sept. 30, 2020","BA bars: seated service only continued to Sept. 30, 2020","VS LTC visitation restrictions continued","WF isolation of positives; employer bar continued","MASK county mask authority continued"],"notes":"The last order carrying the 50-person gathering cap and the bar seated-service rule; both ended 11:59 p.m. Sept. 30, 2020 when EO 63 did not extend ¶ 11 and replaced ¶ 2 with advisory language","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee59.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2272158,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-023","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 59 (Aug. 28, 2020) (Ex. TN-023)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["SEC-17-GM-097","SEC-19-GM-027","SEC-19-GM-028","SEC-19-GM-034","TN-022","TN-024","TN-021","TN-020","TN-042","TN-025","TN-019"]}