The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq. (license suspension) applied to violations of the Governor's COVID-19 orders
- Issued
- 2020-12-30 Dec. 30, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-12-30 (charges issued; each licensee faced a minimum 10-day suspension) (read as 2020-12-30)
- End
- n/a (enforcement record) (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Dec. 30, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- specified businesses: bars and restaurants holding liquor licenses
- Character
- enforcement record
- Collection
- Standing duties: New Jersey DUT-NJ
Operative words
violations of EO 194 and/or prior executive orders requiring establishments to limit the number of patrons allowed in indoor areas to 25 percent of the establishment's indoor capacity; enforce face covering requirements for patrons and employees;... maintain a six-foot minimum distance between dining tables;... and enforce social distancing among employees and patrons.
Penalty
Liquor license suspension, minimum 10 days per licensee (25-day and 20-day suspensions sought against named licensees)
What it required
The Attorney General stated that the executive orders required licensed establishments to cap indoor occupancy at 25 percent, enforce face coverings on patrons and employees, seat all consumption, space tables six feet apart, cap parties at eight and enforce distancing among employees and patrons, and charged twelve licensees with license suspension of at least ten days for failing to do so. Character as recorded: enforcement_record (press release; order_penalty layer).
Retrieval noteRendered from the Wayback Machine's capture of the release on its issue date (Dec. 30, 2020); the live page carries the same text and was read in this session. The release states the Attorney General's position that the protocols were requirements the orders imposed on the business and that the business was answerable for enforcing them against its patrons and employees.