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Emergency Executive Order 21-23

Amending Emergency Executive Orders 20-51, 20-81, 21-11, and 21-21

Governor Tim Walz · Minnesota (State)

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Jurisdiction
Minnesota
Level
State
Authority
Minn. Stat. secs. 12.21, subd. 3, 12.32; approved by the Executive Council May 14, 2021
Issued
2021-05-14 May 14, 2021
Effective
2021-05-14 (immediately) (read as 2021-05-14)
End
With the emergency, 11:59 p.m. July 1, 2021 (school and child-care face-covering paragraphs ran to the end of the 2020-21 school year or June 13, 2021 for year-round schools) (read as 2021-07-01)
In force
May 14, 2021 to July 1, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care orders
Addressees
  • all persons and businesses
  • schools and child care
  • health care facilities
  • political subdivisions
Functions reached
  • SF/DR/OF general masks lifted
  • IN schools and EC child care masked to school-year end
  • WF transit riders (CDC order continues)
  • VS health facility masks for patients and visitors continued via amended EO 20-51 para. 6.a.vi
Collection
Minnesota MN

Operative words

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 3 of Executive Order 21-21, paragraphs 2, 9, 10, 11, 12.c, 13, 14, and 15 of Executive Order 20-81 are rescinded immediately. 3. Individuals must continue to comply with relevant CDC Orders, as long as those orders remain in effect. This includes the CDC's January 29, 2021 Order requiring face coverings on public transportation... 4. Paragraphs 12.a and 12.b of Executive Order 20-81, relating to child care, preschool, pre-kindergarten, and K-12 schools, remain in effect. Schools and school districts must continue to follow the face-covering requirements in the Safe Learning Plan through the end of the 2020-21 school year, or through June 13, 2021 in the case of year-round schools.... 9. Enhanced measures permitted. Nothing in this Executive Order or previous executive orders should be construed to prohibit or prevent political subdivisions from implementing, within their jurisdictions and pursuant to applicable law and authority, restrictions beyond the restrictions contained in this Executive Order... Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 12.32, political subdivisions may not relax or reduce this Executive Order's restrictions.

Enforcement

EO 20-81 penalties for the surviving school and child-care paragraphs

Notes

The mask-lifting instrument; expressly preserves stricter local and private rules.