The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- District of Columbia Public Emergency Act of 1980, D.C. Law 3-149, sec. 5 (legislative power under the Home Rule Act)
- Issued
- 1981-03-05 Mar. 5, 1981
- Effective
- 1981-03-05; in force throughout 2020-2021 (read as 1981-03-05)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Mar. 5, 1981 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolationSupply chainStanding duty
- Addressees
- persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; any person or group of persons conducting business at premises in the District
- Character
- statutory authority
- Collection
- Standing duties: District of Columbia DUT-DC
Operative words
Direct any person or group of persons, in the District of Columbia, to reduce or otherwise alter the hours during which they conduct business or similar activity at premises established and maintained for a business and to direct any person or group, or class of persons... to remain off the public streets in the event that any public emergency requires that the Mayor institute a curfew
Penalty
Through sec. 7-2307 (Ex. DUT-DC-003): fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation and civil action in the name of the District; during 2020-2021 also revocation, suspension or limitation of licence, permit or certificate of occupancy (temporary sec. 7-2307(2), Ex. DUT-DC-004)
What it required
Empowers the Mayor, by an emergency executive order that must state 'the specific requirements' imposed, to order and supervise 'measures designed to protect persons and property' (b)(3), to 'control, restrict, allocate, or regulate the use, sale, production and distribution of... goods, services, and resources' (b)(6), to direct any person conducting business at premises to reduce or alter hours and to impose curfews (b)(7), and to detain persons with communicable disease (b)(14); every COVID-19 Mayor's Order recites this section as its authority. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).
Retrieval noteCurrent code page rendered Sept. 28, 2026; the Nov. 13, 2021 amendment postdates the period and paragraph (b)(1) is repealed. Recited as authority in Mayor's Orders 2020-053, 2020-054, 2020-067, 2020-075, 2020-080, 2021-038 and 2021-097 (Exs. DC-005, DC-006, DC-029, DC-079, DC-010, DC-016, DC-057).