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- Jurisdiction
- Mississippi
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(4), 33-15-31
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24
- End
- 2020-04-17 as issued; incorporated by reference ('Executive Order No. 1463 as Supplemented') in EO 1466, 1477, 1492 and 1525 (read as 2020-04-17)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 17, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther
- Addressees
- Mississippi residents
- restaurants, bars and dining establishments
- all businesses and non-profit entities
- hospitals, nursing homes and long-term care facilities
- political subdivisions
- Functions reached
- GATH events and meetings
- DR dining room
- VS visitation
- OF telework
- SF sales floor (essential list)
- SC supply chain (essential list)
- Collection
- Mississippi MS
Operative words
From the date of this Executive Order until April 17, 2020, Mississippi residents shall avoid social and other non-essential gatherings in groups of more than 10 people... From the date of this Executive Order until April 17, 2020, restaurants, bars, or other dining establishments shall suspend dine-in services unless able to reduce capacity to allow no more than 10 people to be gathered in a single space at the same time... persons shall not visit hospitals, nursing homes and retirement or long-term care facilities unless to provide critical assistance, to visit residents receiving imminent end-of-life care... it is also recommended and encouraged that all Mississippi businesses and non-profit entities likewise utilize, to the maximum extent possible, work from home or other telework procedures.... any order, rule, regulation or action by any governing body, agency or political subdivision of the state that imposes any additional freedom of movement or social distancing limitations on Essential Business or Operation, restricts scope of services or hours of operation of any Essential Business or Operation, or which will or might in any way conflict with or impede the purpose of this Executive Order is suspended and unenforceable during this COVID-19 State of Emergency.
Enforcement
Miss. Code Ann. 33-15-11(c)(4), 33-15-31; State agencies, counties, municipalities and school districts 'authorized and directed to cooperate'
Notes
The Essential Business or Operation list (pp. 3-5) names health care, infrastructure, manufacturing, agriculture, essential retail, restaurants (to 10 persons or carryout), essential services, media, education for distance learning, financial services, professional services including legal, accounting, insurance and real estate (appraisal and title), construction and trades, defense industrial base, vendors including child care, religious entities, and the CISA categories. Supplemented March 26, 2020 (supplement not separately retrieved).
Retrieval noteFiled from the City of Tupelo's copy of the signed original (tupeloms.gov), byte-identical in size (486,014 bytes) to the Secretary of State's file captured by Wayback; signature date 'the 24th day of March' read by OCR.