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Ex. AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE-076 Context (guidance or announcement) Confirmed from a secondary source

N.C. State Fair statement, 'N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020' (fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled; livestock and horse shows held separately under NCDHHS recommendations), as captured Sept. 3, 2020

N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020

N.C. State Fair, NCDA&CS (Commissioner Steve Troxler) · North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, N.C. State Fair (State agency) (State)

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Jurisdiction
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, N.C. State Fair (State agency) · North Carolina
Level
State
Authority
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-503 (State Fair under the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) (pin to be verified); Executive Orders of Governor Cooper limiting mass gatherings (Ex. NC-141 series; NC State file)
Issued
2020-07-29 July 29, 2020
Effective
Fair dates Oct. 15-25, 2020 cancelled (read as 2020-07-29)
End
2020-10-25 (cancelled fair dates); 2021 fair held Oct. 14-24, 2021 (read as 2020-10-25)
In force
July 29, 2020 to Oct. 25, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Gathering capEvents and venues
Addressees
  • fairgoers, vendors, exhibitors, carnival and grandstand contractors of the N.C. State Fair (about 1 million attendees)
Functions reached
  • EVT events
  • MK vendor and exhibitor sales
  • CB fairgoers
  • GS concessionaires, carnival and grandstand contractors
  • BQ food vendors
Character
context
Collection
State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE

Operative words

N.C. State Fair canceled for 2020.... We've been monitoring the guidelines from the North Carolina Department of Health and [Human Services and the Governor's executive orders... the right thing to do for our] community and to mitigate the potential spread of COVID-19 is to cancel the 2020 N.C. State Fair.... Following the Executive Order from Governor Cooper and the recommendations of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, at this time, limited events will be taking place at the North Carolina [State Fairgrounds].

Enforcement

Cancellation by the State department operating the fair; the Governor's gathering limits carried N.C. Gen. Stat. § 166A-19.30(d) penalties

Notes

A Q4 2020 event (Oct. 15-25) cancelled by a State agriculture department in Q3 2020; the fairgrounds' year-round events also ran under the Governor's limits.

Retrieval note

File date is the capture date; Bracketed words summarize text between quoted fragments.

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