{"id":"SEC-19-035","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"19","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of Legal Counsel to the Governor","authority":"Md. Code, Pub. Safety secs. 14-303, 14-3A-03; Executive Order 20-03-23-01","instrument":"Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (Mar. 23, 2020)","title":"Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04: Order of the Governor Number 20-03-23-01, Amending and Restating the Order of March 19, 2020, Prohibiting Large Gatherings and Events and Closing Senior Centers, and Additionally Closing All Non-Essential Businesses and Other Establishments","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-23 5:00 p.m. (with the Order)","end":"Revised with successive orders; the closure order restated by EO 20-03-30-01 (Mar. 30) and lifted in stages from May 15, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2020-05-15","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CLOSE"],"addressees":["all non-essential businesses","the federal critical infrastructure sectors as interpreted"],"clause":"b. The Commercial Facilities Sector includes, but is not limited to: i. Lodging. ii. Building and property maintenance companies, including without limitation plumbers, electricians, HVAC service companies, roofers, environmental services companies, exterminators, arborists, and landscapers. iii. Janitorial firms.... o. Supporting Firms. The federal critical infrastructure sectors include firms providing the following to any other business, organization, or facility included in the federal critical infrastructure sectors: i. Staffing and/or payroll services. ii. Essential raw materials, products, or services.","enforcement":"Pub. Safety sec. 14-114(c) (misdemeanor: up to one year and $5,000) as recited in the Order","functions":["LS landscapers permitted (Commercial Facilities Sector)","JS janitorial firms permitted","PL staffing services permitted only as \u0027Supporting Firms\u0027 to critical-infrastructure businesses (placements at every other client barred)","SG (Emergency Services and Commercial Facilities sectors)","CC/OP non-essential offices closed"],"notes":"Maryland is the verified example of a State that named landscapers, janitorial firms and staffing services in its interpretive list; the staffing permission is expressly derivative of the client\u0027s status, which is the industry\u0027s structural point.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OLC-Interpretive-Guidance-COVID19-04.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200331145509/https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/OLC-Interpretive-Guidance-COVID19-04.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":459414,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-19","url":"/library/SEC-19-035","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-19-035","citation":"Office of Legal Counsel to the Governor, Interpretive Guidance COVID19-04 (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-19-035)","stateName":"Maryland","related":[]}