The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana · Indianapolis · Indiana
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Ind. Code 16-20-1-24.5 (added by SEA 5, 2021, enacted over the Governor's veto; local health orders more stringent than the Governor's require legislative-body approval)
- Issued
- 2021-05-10 May 10, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-05-10
- End
- Approval valid until rescinded by the MCPHD Director or the Council (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- May 10, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- MCPHD
- all persons and businesses subject to the ratified orders
- Functions reached
- preserves the county mask mandate, business capacity limits and court and school orders after the State's statewide restrictions became advisory (EO 21-09, April 6, 2021)
- Collection
- Indianapolis MET-IND
Operative words
Dr. Caine: 'Senate Bill #5... provides that local public health orders be enacted or approved by the legislative body. Although the Governor vetoed the bill, it was overridden'... 'there would be no restrictions in place if these health orders are not ratified'. [Proposal No. 170, 2021 adopted 19-5 as Special Ordinance No. 3, 2021.]
Enforcement
Legislative ratification; the ratified orders remain enforceable by MCPHD
Notes
Establishes that Marion County's restrictions survived both the Governor's April 2021 relaxation and the General Assembly's override precisely because the Council chose to keep them.
Retrieval noteOfficial minutes; text layer.