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Order of the Secretary for Mitigation Relating to Businesses in the Retail Food Services Industry for November 25, 2020 (on-site alcohol sales suspended from 5:00 p.m.)

Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health for Mitigation Relating to Businesses in the Retail Food Services Industry for November 25, 2020

Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D. · Pennsylvania (State)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania
Level
State
Authority
35 P.S. § 521.5; 71 P.S. § 532(a)
Issued
2020-11-23 Nov. 23, 2020
Effective
2020-11-25 5:00 p.m. (read as 2020-11-25)
End
2020-11-26 8:00 a.m. (one-night order) (read as 2020-11-26)
In force
Nov. 25, 2020 to Nov. 26, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Curfew and hoursAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • bars, restaurants, private clubs and catered events
Functions reached
  • BA
  • DR
Collection
Pennsylvania PA

Operative words

Section 1: Alcohol Sales. All sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption at businesses in the [retail food services industry, including bars, restaurants, private clubs] and private catered events must cease no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25, 2020. On that date, no patron may possess alcoholic beverages within such [establishments after 5:00 p.m.]... Section 2: Take-out alcohol sales are not restricted by this Order and may continue, subject to any limitations or restrictions imposed by Pennsylvania law.... This Order shall take effect at 5:00 p.m. on November 25, 2020 and shall remain in effect [until 8:00 a.m. on November 26, 2020].

Enforcement

35 P.S. § 521.20; Liquor Control Board and Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement

Notes

Thanksgiving Eve order; the Commonwealth's most granular hours-of-operation instrument.

Retrieval note

Text read; the end time is bracketed (order's duration clause partly cut in layout text; drafter to confirm from the exhibit).

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