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Emergency Ordinance No. ___-21HR, An Emergency Ordinance Requiring the Wearing of Face Masks to Help Alleviate the Spread of COVID 19, Specifically the Recent Surge in the Delta Variant

Masks in every commercial establishment in unincorporated Richland County and in schools and daycares

Richland County Council · Richland County, South Carolina (unincorporated areas) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Richland County, South Carolina (unincorporated areas) · South Carolina
Level
County
Authority
S.C. Code §§ 4-9-25, 4-9-130 (emergency ordinances effective immediately, expiring the sixty-first day); Richland County Code § 2-31
Issued
2021-09-14 Sept. 14, 2021
Effective
2021-09-15 6:00 a.m. (read as 2021-09-15)
End
Sixty-first day after adoption (Nov. 14, 2021) unless re-enacted (read as 2021-11-14)
In force
Sept. 15, 2021 to Nov. 14, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons entering a commercial establishment in the unincorporated County
  • owners, managers and persons in control of commercial establishments
  • faculty, staff, students and visitors of public and private schools and daycares in the unincorporated County (Article 2)
Functions reached
  • SF sales floor (every commercial establishment)
  • DR dining room
  • SL salons
  • IN instruction
  • EC daycares
  • WF workforce
  • CB customers under mask condition
Collection
South Carolina SC

Operative words

1. All persons entering a commercial establishment in the unincorporated Richland County [must wear a face mask]... [violation is] a civil infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than $25.00. A person who [owns or controls a business that fails to require masks is guilty of a civil infraction] punishable by a fine of not more than $100.00... [each day a] separate and distinct offense.... ARTICLE 2. Mask Requirement as it Pertains to Schools and Daycares... This Article pertains to schools subject to Proviso 1.108 of the 2021-2022 Appropriations Act and private schools and daycares... No school district or public school within the unincorporated Richland County shall create, announce, or enforce any policy requiring face masks... No public school employee shall use any paid work time or work equipment to [enforce this Ordinance]... SECTION IV. Effective Date. This Emergency Ordinance shall be effective beginning at 6:00am on September 15, 2021. This Ordinance shall automatically expire on the 61st day after [adoption].

Enforcement

Civil infraction: $25 per person; $100 for the business or school; each day a separate offense; County code enforcement 'will periodically visit affected establishments'; no school or school-district staff enforcement (Article 2 ¶¶ 4-7, drafted to avoid Proviso 1.108)

Notes

A Q3 2021 general-commerce mask order in a county of more than 400,000 residents, adopted the day the County's earlier ordinance was superseded; the Supreme Court cited it in Op. No. 28063 n.2.

Retrieval note

The County's site returns 403 to non-browser requests; the exhibit is the raw Wayback capture of Sept. 16, 2021 (ordinance number left blank on the posted copy).

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