The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Maine
- Level
- State
- Authority
- 37-B M.R.S. 742(1)(C)(8), (13), 831; Class E crime under 37-B M.R.S. 786
- Issued
- 2020-04-03 Apr. 3, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-03 (quarantine); 2020-04-05 12:00 noon (lodging closure) (read as 2020-04-03)
- End
- 'until at least April 30, 2020'; extended to May 31 (EO 49 s. III, ME-021); lodging closure eased under the Restarting Plan and travel measures continued 'until further notice' (EO 55 s. I(G), ME-025); repealed and replaced June 9, 2020 by EO 57 FY 19/20 (ME-026) (read as 2020-04-30)
- In force
- Apr. 3, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- any person traveling into Maine
- all lodging operations and accommodations
- Functions reached
- LG lodging closed
- TV quarantine
- GS
- HK reservation and posting duties
- CB
- Collection
- Hotels, Travel and Tourism SEC-06
Operative words
any person, resident or non-resident, traveling into Maine must immediately self-quarantine for 14 days... [Section I(5)] Effective April 5, 2020 at 12:00 noon, all lodging operations and accommodations shall close except to the extent of providing lodging for the purposes stated below. Lodging operations and accommodations are defined to include hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts, inns, short-term rentals, recreational vehicles and campgrounds, and all public and private camping facilities.... On-line reservations shall be suspended, and lodging providers shall post a prominent notice on their web platforms to advise potential guests that reservations for lodging in Maine, as allowed above, shall be accepted by phone only. Lodging providers may permit existing guests to remain through the end of their scheduled stay but may not allow stay extensions or new reservations, except for the purposes set forth above.
Enforcement
Class E crime (37-B M.R.S. 786); recital of the Governor's power to 'control the ingress and egress of persons and occupancy of premises within the State'
Notes
Recites that 'several states have begun to impose quarantine and lodging restrictions in order to dissuade and limit such travel' and that EO 19 had listed 'hotel and commercial lodging' as essential, which this Order restricts.