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Ex. AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT-037 Order Primary source read

CTDOT press release, Apr. 10, 2020: food trucks temporarily permitted at four highway rest areas under the Governor's Executive Order of that date, to feed truckers and essential workers during the pandemic; permits required (local health license); the Governor's food-service directives and social distancing apply

Food Trucks Temporarily Permitted at CTDOT Highway Rest Areas - Goal is to Keep Commerce Rolling during COVID Crisis

Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT), Commissioner Joseph J. Giulietti, implementing an Executive Order of Governor Ned Lamont of Apr. 10, 2020 · Connecticut (rest areas on I-84 Danbury, I-91 Middletown and Wallingford, I-95 North Stonington) (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Connecticut (rest areas on I-84 Danbury, I-91 Middletown and Wallingford, I-95 North Stonington) · Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
'The action is the result of an Executive Order issued today by Governor Ned Lamont, lifting restrictions on commercial activity in highway rest areas. The directive comes in the wake of recently suspended enforcement of federal prohibitions against the commercialization of rest areas nationwide' (recited)
Issued
2020-04-10 Apr. 10, 2020
Effective
2020-04-10
End
Rest areas 'returned to normal operations and staffing' by June 17, 2020 (Ex. 041); duration of the food-truck program not documented (read as 2020-06-17)
In force
Apr. 10, 2020 to June 17, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Workplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • food truck operators (permit applicants)
  • truck drivers and essential workers
Functions reached
  • DR drivers (food access on interstate corridors during the closure of dine-in service)
  • CB customer access (food-truck operators permitted only under the order)
  • TV travel (Governor's essential-travel directive recited)
Character
binding
Collection
State transport, ports and transit authorities AGY-ST-TRANSPORT-PORTS-TRANSIT

Operative words

The action is the result of an Executive Order issued today by Governor Ned Lamont, lifting restrictions on commercial activity in highway rest areas. The directive comes in the wake of recently suspended enforcement of federal prohibitions against the commercialization of rest areas nationwide, to free states to provide additional necessities.... The Governor reiterated his directive that everyone 'Stay Safe and Stay Home,' and to restrict themselves to essential travel only. Truck drivers, he said, have no choice but to be out on the road making critical deliveries and pick-ups.... Measures to limit COVID exposure, including the public health and safety directives for food service previously ordered by the Governor, including social distancing will be required.

Enforcement

CTDOT permit conditions; the Governor's food-service directives (EO 7D: no on-premises consumption) apply to permittees

Notes

A relief order implemented by the State DOT: it exists because the Governor's dine-in closure (EO 7D, Mar. 16, 2020) and the stay-at-home directive had cut off drivers' access to food, and it carried the Governor's food-service directives to the permittees. Implementing rule under order.

Retrieval note

Rendered Wayback capture (Apr. 19, 2020); banner URL truncated; release dated 04/10/2020. The release does not number the Executive Order; the Connecticut State file's entry for EO 7X (Apr. 10, 2020) summarizes its renter and school provisions and does not mention rest areas, so the section on rest-area commerce is stated here only as the release recites it. The '§ 13a-98? not asserted' fragment in statutory_basis flags that no specific rest-area statute was verified.

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