The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- West Virginia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Exec. Order 39-20 § 2(c), (cc) (W. Va. May 19, 2020) (Ex. WV-033)
- Issued
- 2020-05-19 May 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-21 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-05-21)
- End
- Seating cap raised Feb. 20 and Mar. 6, 2021 (EO 6-21, EO 8-21); framework terminated Apr. 20, 2021 (EO 12-21) (read as 2021-03-06)
- In force
- May 21, 2020 to Mar. 6, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesOperating conditionOther
- Addressees
- specified businesses: restaurants and food-service facilities; retail businesses and malls
- Character
- order operating condition
- Collection
- Standing duties: West Virginia DUT-WV
Operative words
Restaurants and other facilities that prepare and serve food and/or drinks, but only for limited on-premises consumption... including a limitation on indoor seating occupancy of 50%... cc. Retail Businesses. Retail businesses, including those located inside of malls..., may resume operations, but must ensure that proper social distancing and hygiene practices are maintained.
Penalty
EO 9-20 para. 7 enforcement; for restaurants, license suspension per Ex. DUT-WV-018
What it required
Indoor dining limited to 50 percent of seating capacity; retail and malls reopened only on the condition of maintained distancing and hygiene practices. The verb is 'must ensure.'
Retrieval noteThe retail guide (Ex. DUT-WV-020) was issued May 11, 2020 'in advance of' this order.