The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- New Jersey
- Level
- State
- Authority
- N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq. (Civilian Defense and Disaster Control Act); N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq. (Emergency Health Powers Act)
- Issued
- 2020-04-08 Apr. 8, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-10 8:00 p.m. (read as 2020-04-10)
- End
- Construction provisions superseded by EO 142 effective 6:00 a.m. May 18, 2020; workplace provisions carried into later orders (read as 2020-05-18)
- In force
- Apr. 10, 2020 to May 18, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all non-essential construction projects
- businesses engaged in essential construction projects
- manufacturing businesses
- warehousing businesses
- essential retail businesses
- Functions reached
- JS job sites ceased
- SB subcontractors idled
- OW owners' projects suspended
- SC manufacturers and warehouses under mandatory policies
- BD worksite meetings under ten; visitors prohibited
- HR/WF screening; send home symptomatic workers
- OP
- Collection
- Construction SEC-09
Operative words
2. The physical operations of all non-essential construction projects shall cease when this Order takes effect. 'Essential construction projects' shall be defined as the following: a. Projects necessary for the delivery of health care services... b. Transportation projects, including roads, bridges, and mass transit... [f.] individual apartment unit where an individual already resides, with a construction crew of 5 or fewer individuals... m. Any work on a non-essential construction project that is required to physically secure the site... 3. Manufacturing businesses, warehousing businesses, and businesses engaged in essential construction projects must adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. Prohibit non-essential visitors from entering the worksite; b. Limit worksite meetings, inductions, and workgroups to groups of fewer than ten individuals...
Enforcement
Para. 8: 'Penalties for violations of this Executive Order may be imposed under, among other statutes, N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50.'
Notes
Recitals: 'construction sites are inherently difficult environments for social distancing'; essential list (a)-(n) includes health care, transportation, utilities, affordable housing, schools, pre-sold residential units, data centers, federal projects, site-securing work, emergency repairs.