The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- S.C. Const. art. V, § 5; Proviso 117.190, Act 94 of 2021
- Issued
- 2021-08-17 Aug. 17, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-08-17 (submitted Aug. 11, 2021) (read as 2021-08-17)
- End
- n/a (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Aug. 17, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementSchools and child care
- Addressees
- University of South Carolina
- Attorney General
- public institutions of higher learning
- Functions reached
- IN instruction and campus operations of a State university
- CP campus housing and dining
- WF student and staff workforce
- CB vendors and contractors on campus
- Collection
- South Carolina SC
Operative words
The language of Proviso 117.190 is not ambiguous as to the point in question--whether the proviso prohibits a universal mask mandate. Nothing in the proviso manifests the General Assembly's intent to prohibit all mask mandates at public institutions of higher learning.... [we] declare Proviso 117.190 does not prohibit a universal mask mandate.
Enforcement
Declaratory relief; the University reinstated its campus mask requirement
Notes
Recites that USC announced a universal mask requirement July 30, 2021, withdrew it Aug. 3 after the Attorney General's Aug. 2 letter, and (per the Court's understanding) reimposed it after this decision.