{"id":"NJ-013","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Philip D. Murphy","authority":"N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.","instrument":"Executive Order No. 125 (2020)","title":"Mitigation requirements for NJ TRANSIT, private carriers, paratransit and restaurants offering takeout (50 percent transit capacity; face coverings; 10 percent restaurant occupancy)","dateIssued":"2020-04-11","effective":"2020-04-13 at 8:00 p.m. (para. 10)","end":"Transit 50 percent capacity lifted 8:00 p.m. July 15, 2020 (EO 165 para. 1); glove rules ended Aug. 27, 2020 (EO 181 para. 6); transit masking continued under EO 163 para. 3 and EO 242 para. 13 and, from Feb. 1, 2021, under the federal CDC conveyance order and TSA directives","startDate":"2020-04-13","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["TRAV","CAP","MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["NJ TRANSIT","private carriers (intrastate and interstate to New York and Pennsylvania)","Access Link paratransit","restaurants, bars and food courts offering takeout"],"clause":"Para. 1: \u0022Where NJ TRANSIT has continued to operate utilizing an in-person workforce under the terms of Executive Order No. 107 (2020), NJ TRANSIT must adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. NJ TRANSIT workers may limit occupancy at 50% of the stated maximum capacity, on all trains, buses and light rail lines... d. Arrange for back door entry on buses wherever feasible, and take seats out of service near the bus operator\u0022... Para. 5: \u0022All restaurants, cafeterias, dining establishments, and food courts, with or without a liquor license, all bars... that are continuing to offer food delivery and/or take-out services pursuant to Executive Order No. 107 (2020) (\u0027food business\u0027), must adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. Limit occupancy at 10% of the stated maximum capacity, wherever feasible\u0022. Recitals: NJ TRANSIT \u0022has continually issued customer advisories noting that travel across all of its modes of transportation should be limited to essential personnel\u0022 and carriers \u0022have been forced to adjust the weekday rail, bus and light rail service to special schedules\u0022.","enforcement":"Para. 9 (per the order\u0027s penalty paragraph): N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50; carriers may decline boarding to unmasked riders","functions":["WF commuting workforce (50 percent vehicle capacity; masks; reduced schedules)","TR transport","TO takeout operations at 10 percent occupancy","CB riders and patrons"],"notes":"Every New Jersey employer\u0027s commuting workforce rode a transit system ordered to half capacity on special schedules for three months; restaurants\u0027 takeout lines ran at 10 percent occupancy.","sourceUrl":"https://nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-125.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":134127,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-013","citation":"Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 125 (2020) (Apr. 11, 2020) (Ex. NJ-013)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["SEC-21-GM-022","NJ-011","NJ-012","NJ-009","NJ-010","NJ-008","NJ-006","NJ-007","NJ-014","NJ-004","NJ-005","NJ-003"]}