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Ex. MT-076 Order Confirmed from a secondary source

Emergency face covering rule (countywide mask mandate), adopted July 2020; extended Jan. 20, 2021 (to Apr. 20, 2021) and April 2021 (to May 27, 2021); enforcement lifted by the Health Officer May 14, 2021

Gallatin City-County Board of Health local face covering emergency rule

Gallatin City-County Board of Health; Matt Kelley, Health Officer · Gallatin County, Montana (County)

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Jurisdiction
Gallatin County, Montana · Montana
Level
County
Authority
Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-116(2)(c)(i); 50-2-118
Issued
2020-07-17 July 17, 2020
Effective
2020-07 (adopted in July 2020; exact adoption day not verified) (read as 2020-07-17)
End
2021-05-14 (Health Officer lifted the rule effective immediately; Board rule nominally to May 27, 2021) (read as 2021-05-14)
In force
July 17, 2020 to May 14, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons in indoor public spaces in Gallatin County
  • businesses
Functions reached
  • SF
  • DR
  • SL
  • OF public-facing
  • CB
Collection
Montana MT

Operative words

The board voted 7-1 in favor of extending the countywide mask mandate for COVID-19 prevention for ninety days expiring on April 20 (Belgrade News, Jan. 2021); 'the Gallatin City-County Board of Health voted 7-2 to extend the emergency face covering rule until May 27' (KBZK, Apr. 2021); 'The Gallatin City-County Health Department has rescinded the mask mandate effective Friday [May 14, 2021]' (KULR-8)

Enforcement

Mont. Code Ann. 50-2-124 (Board rule)

Notes

Kept a county mask mandate in force for three months after the State's ended Feb. 12, 2021

Retrieval note

July 2020 adoption date is approximate (the Jan. 20, 2021 extension article states the original mandate 'was set to expire on January 20, 2021'); date_issued is a placeholder within July 2020 and is not verified to the day.