
the order of the Secretary of Health directing public health
safety measures for businesses permitted to maintain in-
person operations shall be permitted to operate within the
county.
(2) For a business not included in an advisory
memorandum on identification of essential critical
infrastructure workers during COVID-19 response, as published
by CISA, the business shall be permitted to operate within a
county if the business:
(i) complies with recommended guidance for
mitigating exposure to COVID-19 from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention and the order of the
Secretary of Health directing public health safety
measures for businesses permitted to maintain in-person
operations; and
(ii) has not been designated in the countywide
mitigation plan as a disallowed industry.
(3) Any business authorized to operate by the Governor
shall be authorized to operate under a countywide mitigation
plan.
(c) Compliance.--Notwithstanding the orders issued by the
Governor and the Secretary of Health relating to the closure of
nonlife-sustaining businesses on March 19, 2020, as may be
amended or superseded by subsequent business operation executive
orders, and the Statewide stay-at-home order issued by the
Governor and the Secretary of Health on April 1, 2020, as may be
amended or superseded by subsequent executive orders, a business
that complies with the requirements of the county mitigation
plan may operate within the county and individuals may leave
their residence for the purpose of performing work for the
business or patronizing the business.
(d) Limitation.--Nothing in this section shall be construed
to:
(1) require a county to rescind a local declaration of
emergency relating to COVID-19; or
(2) revoke, rescind or overrule the proclamation of
disaster emergency issued by the Governor on March 6, 2020,
published at 50 Pa.B. 1644 (March 21, 2020), and any renewal
of the state of disaster emergency.
(e) Modification.--At any time, the governing body of a
county may take an action to modify the countywide mitigation
plan to expand or restrict the industries authorized to operate
in the county or rescind the countywide mitigation plan
entirely. Advance notice of an action to modify or rescind a
countywide mitigation plan shall be published on the county's
publicly accessible Internet website no later than two days
before the implementation of the action.
(f) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Business." Any corporation, partnership, limited liability
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