The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Utah (Salt Lake County from June 27, 2020; system-wide from July 1, 2020) · Utah
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- Salt Lake County Health Order of June 26, 2020 (recited); UTA's own system-wide requirement from July 1, 2020
- Issued
- 2020-06-27 June 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-27 (Salt Lake County); 2020-07-01 (system-wide) (read as 2020-06-27)
- End
- Continued under UTA's rule and, from Nov. 9, 2020, the statewide mask order (Executive Order 2020-73) and State Public Health Orders; from Feb. 1, 2021 under the federal conveyance order (past Sept. 30, 2021) (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- June 27, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all UTA riders
- all UTA employees
- Functions reached
- WF commuting workforce (mask condition on every UTA ride from June 27 / July 1, 2020)
- HR (employee mask rule)
- CB customer access
- Character
- binding
- Collection
- State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT
Operative words
Following CDC and Utah Department of Health guidelines, UTA now requires all riders and employees in Salt Lake County to a wear face mask or covering, in addition to practicing social distancing. These changes take effect Saturday, June 27, 2020 for Salt Lake County, in compliance with the Salt Lake County Health Order issued on June 26, 2020 requiring face coverings to be worn in public spaces. On July 1, 2020, UTA will require all riders and employees system-wide to wear face masks or coverings until further notice.
Enforcement
County health order: Utah Code Ann. § 26A-1-123 (class B misdemeanor for violation of a local health order); UTA: education-first enforcement, masks offered (Ex. 026)
Notes
Implementing rule under a county health order, extended by the authority to its whole six-county system on July 1, 2020, four months before Utah's statewide mask order.
Retrieval noteRendered Wayback capture (July 15, 2020) of rideuta.com/news/2020/06/UT... (banner URL truncated); notice dated Saturday, June 27, 2020.