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Ex. DE-070 Order Primary source read

Governor's release announcing the First Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency

Governor Carney Limits Restaurants to Take-Out and Delivery (restaurants, taverns and bars take-out and delivery only from 8:00 p.m. March 16; public gatherings of 50 or more banned; casino gaming closed; Secretary of Labor unemployment rules)

Governor John C. Carney · Delaware (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Delaware
Level
State
Authority
20 Del. C. ch. 31
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-16 8:00 p.m. E.D.T. (read as 2020-03-16)
End
See DE-002 (read as 2020-06-30)
In force
Mar. 16, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
Addressees
  • restaurants, taverns and bars
  • organizers of public gatherings
  • casinos
Functions reached
  • DR dining rooms closed 8:00 p.m. Mar. 16, 2020
  • BA bars closed
  • GATH/MK gatherings of 50 banned
  • AM casinos closed
Collection
Delaware DE

Operative words

'Governor John Carney on Monday modified... [the State of Emergency to limit restaurants, taverns and] bars to take-out and delivery service only to help prevent spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Governor [Carney's modification] -- which takes effect at 8:00 p.m. tonight, March 16 -- also bans public gatherings of 50 or more people, [consistent with guidance] from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and closes gaming activity at Delaware casinos. Monday's modification to Governor Carney's emergency declaration also gives Delaware's Secretary of Labor [authority to develop emergency unemployment rules].'

Enforcement

See DE-002 (20 Del. C. §§ 3115(b), 3116(9), 3122, 3125)

Notes

Fixes the effective time of Delaware's first business closures; the order itself (DE-002) is a scanned image.

Retrieval note

Governor's official release rendered to PDF; bracketed words fill line breaks in the rendered text.