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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Florida
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Explanatory guidance on Executive Order 20-91 (Fla. Stat. § 252.36; Ex. FL-010)
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-03 (with EO 20-91, effective 12:01 a.m. Apr. 3, 2020) (read as 2020-04-03)
- End
- 2020-05-04 (EO 20-91 superseded by EO 20-112, Ex. FL-022) (read as 2020-05-04)
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 to May 4, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering cap
- Addressees
- employers; businesses open to the public; persons generally
- Character
- guidance incorporated
- Collection
- Standing duties: Florida DUT-FL
Operative words
If my business is not an essential service, must I close the physical location to customers? Yes.... How is the Governor's Executive Order enforced? By law enforcement. Violation of the Governor's Executive Order is a second-degree misdemeanor. Where can I report a business that violates the Governor's Executive Order? Local law enforcement.
Penalty
Restates s. 252.50 (second-degree misdemeanor)
What it required
The issuer's own explanation of EO 20-91 told every business not on the 'essential services' list that it 'must' close its physical location to customers, that the order was enforced by law enforcement as a second-degree misdemeanor, and that violating businesses were to be reported to local law enforcement; it directed faith organizations and recreation to CDC guidance and 'social distancing guidelines as published by the CDC.'
Retrieval noteThe document is dated 'April 3, 2020' on its last page and is the FAQ the Governor's office released that day (contemporaneous reports: wkgc.org, Apr. 3, 2020, 'Gov. DeSantis Releases FAQ's for Executive Order 20-91'); the saved copy is from Palm Beach County's COVID-19 document archive and carries no letterhead, so the issuer attribution rests on the document's title and the contemporaneous release. The character code 'guidance_incorporated' is used for the issuer's explanation of an enforceable order; the FAQ imposes no duty of its own.