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- Jurisdiction
- Delaware
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 20 Del. C. ch. 31
- Issued
- 2020-05-18 May 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-20 (approved May 18, 2020 at 12:30 p.m.) (read as 2020-05-20)
- End
- Superseded by Phase 1 and Phase 2 worship provisions (DE-024 § D.n; DE-031 § N) (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- May 20, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capEvents and venues
- Addressees
- houses of worship and places of religious expression
- Functions reached
- WS worship services capped at ten or 30 percent
- RE religious education and gatherings
- Collection
- Delaware DE
Operative words
§ A: the Tenth Modification's ten-person limit 'is hereby stricken in its entirety and replaced with the following: "Houses of worship..., while strongly encouraged, where possible, to restrict services to remote broadcast by telephone or video, are permitted to conduct... a. in-person services and gatherings of 10 or fewer people; or b. in-person services and gatherings that satisfy the requirements of this Eighteenth Modification"' at 'a maximum of 30% of stated fire occupancy requirements but... lower if needed' for distancing.
Enforcement
20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3116(9), 3122, 3125 (Modification clause)
Notes
Recited in the Omnibus as 'encouraging virtual services but expanding the ability of houses of worship... to conduct in-person services with safety precautions' (DE-031 at 5).
Retrieval noteRead (operative part).