{"id":"DUT-CT-010","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Connecticut General Assembly, Office of Legislative Research (Shaun McGann, Legislative Analyst II)","authority":"OLR research report to the General Assembly; describes DECD\u0027s Sector Rules and self-certification requirement under EO 7PP","instrument":"OLR Report 2020-R-0350, COVID-19 Business Reopening Self-Certifications (Dec. 23, 2020)","title":"COVID-19 Business Reopening Self-Certifications","dateIssued":"2020-12-23","effective":"describes the requirement in force from May 20, 2020 (Phase 1) through Phase 2.1 (Nov. 6, 2020) and continuing","end":"self-certification requirement ended with the repeal of the Sector Rules, 11:59 p.m. May 20, 2021 (EO 12B § 1, Ex. CT-046)","startDate":"2020-05-20","endDate":"2021-05-20","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["COND","EMP","CAP"],"addressees":["specified businesses (every business type permitted to reopen under the DECD Sector Rules, Exs. CT-078, CT-069 to CT-101)"],"clause":"Throughout all phases of the reopening, DECD has required businesses to self-certify they are following specified safety guidelines before reopening. DECD provides an up-to-date searchable list of self-certified businesses. Businesses are only required to self-certify once","enforcement":"The certification was the condition of lawful opening; operating in violation of the Sector Rules was a public nuisance enforceable by closure (EO 7PP § 2, Ex. CT-018) and, from Nov. 24, 2020, a $10,000 civil penalty per violation (EO 9N, Ex. CT-033; EO 11A, Ex. CT-041)","functions":[],"notes":"Records, as the General Assembly\u0027s own research office found, that every business reopening under the Sector Rules was required to certify to the State that it was following the specified safety rules before it opened, and that 19,566 businesses had done so by June 26, 2020 and more than 22,000 by December 11, 2020, restaurants (23.7 percent), offices (21.9 percent), retail and malls (17.2 percent) and hair salons and barbershops (14 percent) leading.","sourceUrl":"https://cga.ct.gov/2020/rpt/pdf/2020-R-0350.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":572950,"grade":"primary","character":"order_operating_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-010","citation":"Connecticut General Assembly, Office of Legislative Research (Shaun McGann, Legislative Analyst II), OLR Report 2020-R-0350, COVID-19 Business Reopening Self-Certifications (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. DUT-CT-010)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["CT-046","DUT-CT-016","CT-069","CT-018","CT-033","CT-041"]}