{"id":"DUT-MN-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (Office of the Attorney General)","authority":"Minn. Stat. § 8.31; EO 20-99 enforcement paragraph; Minn. Stat. §§ 144.99, 157.20, 340A (as described)","instrument":"Attorney General statement, \u0027State of Minnesota Executive Order Enforcement Tools\u0027 (Dec. 16, 2020)","title":"State of Minnesota Executive Order Enforcement Tools: enforcement authority and penalties for violations of Executive Orders (AG, MDH, DLI, DPS)","dateIssued":"2020-12-16","effective":"2020-12-16","end":"2021-07-01 (end of the orders it enforced)","startDate":"2020-12-16","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","CAP","EMP","ALC"],"addressees":["specified businesses (restaurants, bars, liquor licensees and other licensed establishments); employers generally"],"clause":"the Attorney General, as well as city and county attorneys, may investigate and seek any civil relief available pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 8.31, for violations or threatened violations of this Executive Order, including but not limited to injunctive relief, civil penalties in an amount to be determined by the court, up to $25,000 per occurrence","enforcement":"As stated: AG civil penalties up to $25,000 per occurrence and injunctions; MDH administrative penalty up to $10,000, cease-and-desist, license suspension and revocation; DPS misdemeanor citation and 60-day liquor-license suspension on a second violation.","functions":[],"notes":"The State\u0027s chief legal officer told every business that compliance with the executive orders was enforceable by the Attorney General\u0027s § 8.31 suits (injunctions and civil penalties up to $25,000 per occurrence), by MDH\u0027s cease-and-desist orders, administrative penalties \u0027to a maximum of $10,000\u0027 and license suspension and revocation, and by DPS misdemeanor citations and a mandatory sixty-day liquor-license suspension for a second violation, and recorded the December 2020 suits against Havens Garden, Boardwalk Bar and Grill and others. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_penalty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Office/Communications/2020/12/16_ExecutiveOrderEnforcement.asp","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":74363,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/DUT-MN-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MN-016","citation":"Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (Office of the Attorney General), Attorney General statement, \u0027State of Minnesota Executive Order Enforcement Tools\u0027 (Dec. 16, 2020) (Ex. DUT-MN-016)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["DUT-MN-004","DUT-MN-008","MN-032"]}