Ninth Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency

The record

Jurisdiction

Delaware

Level

State

Authority

20 Del. C. ch. 31

Issued

2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020

Effective

2020-04-02 8:00 p.m. E.D.T. (approved Apr. 1, 2020 at 3:00 p.m.) (read as 2020-04-02)

End

Gathering prohibition and occupancy rule struck by the Twentieth Modification effective June 1, 2020 (Phase 1: indoor gatherings under ten; 30 percent) (DE-024) (read as 2020-06-01)

In force

Apr. 2, 2020 to June 1, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitGathering capWorkplace rules

Addressees

• organizers and sponsors of gatherings
• all persons
• all businesses that permit customers onto their premises (health-care providers excepted)

Functions reached

• GATH/MK/EV every gathering of ten or more (weddings, funerals, meetings, events) cancelled
• SF sales floor capped at 20 percent with counting staff
• WS worship gatherings (ten in person, confirmed by DE-013 ¶ 1.e)
• CB customer base

Collection

Delaware DE

Operative words

¶ 1: 'Effective April 2, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. E.D.T., organizers and sponsors of gatherings of ten (10) or more people shall cancel the gatherings immediately and not reschedule them until after May 15, 2020, or the public health threat of COVID-19 has been eliminated. All persons are prohibited from gathering in groups of ten (10) or more people until after May 15, 2020... For the purposes of this Order, gatherings include but are not limited to weddings, funerals, and related activities.... gatherings of employees engaged in work at essential businesses are not prohibited by this Ninth Modification..., but remain subject to requirements for hand hygiene and social distancing.' ¶ 2: 'all businesses that permit customers onto their premises shall also comply with the following restrictions...: a. Allow no more than twenty percent (20%) of stated fire occupancy requirements in the store at a time (approximately 150 square feet per person), except that during exclusive hours for high-risk populations (including seniors), allow no more than ten percent (10%)...; b. All such businesses shall clearly mark six (6) foot spacing in checkout lines...; c. All such businesses shall discontinue self-serve foods and product sampling. d. All such businesses shall designate staff to count the number of customers entering and exiting the store and to enforce limits...; e. This paragraph shall not apply to healthcare providers.' ¶ 7: force and effect of law; criminal offense under 20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3116(9), 3122, 3125.

Enforcement

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