{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-024","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Jersey Racing Commission (State racing regulator, Department of Law and Public Safety)","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Racing Commission, Executive Director Judith A. Nason","authority":"N.J.S.A. 5:5-22 et seq.","instrument":"Directive No. 1-2020","title":"Temporary Waiver of Requirement to Renew NJRC-Issued Licenses for 2020 (to minimize person-to-person contact during the COVID-19 outbreak; participation permitted through April 13, 2020 without renewal)","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13 (immediately)","end":"2020-04-13 (renewal, fees and fingerprints due Apr. 14, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-04-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["All persons holding NJRC-issued licenses in 2019 (owners, trainers, jockeys, drivers, grooms, track employees)"],"clause":"Out of an abundance of caution and in order to minimize person-to-person contact during the covid-19 outbreak where possible, the New Jersey Racing Commission is hereby granting a temporary waiver of the requirement that NJRC-issued licenses be renewed for calendar year 2020.... Persons meeting these requirements will be allowed to participate in racing in New Jersey through April 13, 2020 without applying to renew that license and/or updating their fingerprints, if due.","enforcement":"Licensing directive of the Commission; participation without renewal lawful only within the waiver period","functions":["HR licensing and fingerprinting of racing workforce suspended in person","OP Commission licensing office contact minimized"],"notes":"Licensing relief, not a limitation on commerce; included to document the racing regulator\u0027s first COVID-19 action (live racing at Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands did not resume until July 2020 under OEM Administrative Order 2020-14, referenced in Ex. 019). Text via OCR-quality text layer of the archived scan.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/oag/racing/directive_no_1-2020.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201018214322/https://www.nj.gov/oag/racing/directive_no_1-2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":331173,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-024","citation":"New Jersey Racing Commission, Executive Director Judith A. Nason, Directive No. 1-2020 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-024)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}