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Ex. MET-BNA-051 Order Primary source read

Declaration of Local State of Emergency and Executive Order by Mayor Lee Harris

Executive Order Regarding a Safer at Home Directive and the Closure of Non-Essential Services and Businesses Located in Unincorporated Shelby County, Tennessee

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris · Shelby County, Tennessee (unincorporated areas) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Shelby County, Tennessee (unincorporated areas) · Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville · Tennessee
Level
County
Authority
Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-101 et seq.; Shelby County Charter
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24 6:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-24)
End
Extended through the Back to Business Phase 1 reopening of May 4, 2020; superseded by Shelby County Health Department directives (Health Directive No. 3 and successors) (read as 2020-05-04)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to May 4, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap
Addressees
  • residents of unincorporated Shelby County
  • businesses outside the essential-services list
Functions reached
  • CB stay-home
  • SF premises outside the essential-services list closed
  • WF on-site workforce excluded
Collection
Nashville, Memphis and Knoxville MET-BNA

Enforcement

Shelby County Sheriff and county officials

Notes

Recitals: March 19, 2020 county state of emergency; March 20, 2020 order requiring the immediate closure for on-site patronage of particular business locations in unincorporated Shelby County; Governor's Executive Order No. 17 (March 22, 2020). Wikipedia (Tennessee): Memphis Mayor Strickland and Shelby County Mayor Harris issued executive orders to take effect 6:00 pm, March 24.

Retrieval note

Six pages; scanned; read from rendered images (pp. 1, 6).

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