{"id":"DUT-AK-014","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Alaska State Legislature (SCS CSHB 76(FIN) am S), signed by Governor Dunleavy Apr. 30, 2021","authority":"Legislative power; uncodified law of the State of Alaska (secs. 13-15 add new sections to the uncodified law)","instrument":"HB 76, ch. 2 SLA 2021, secs. 1, 13, 14 and 15 (cross-reference to Ex. AK-028; not re-saved)","title":"Findings; civil liability; licensee liability for client exposure to COVID-19; business and employee liability for customer exposure to COVID-19","dateIssued":"2021-04-30","effective":"2021-04-30 (sec. 23: \u0027This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c)\u0027)","end":"Secs. 14 and 15 are not among the sections repealed by sec. 21(a) (secs. 1-3, 5, 7, 8, 11 and 17) and stand as uncodified law; the disaster-emergency sections lapsed on the Governor\u0027s proclamation of Apr. 30, 2021 (Ex. AK-029)","startDate":"2021-04-30","endDate":"2021-04-30","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["COND","DUTY"],"addressees":["persons who engage in business (\u0027business\u0027 as defined in AS 18.35.399) and their employees; licensees under AS 08 (AS 08.01.110); State agencies and persons acting at a government agency\u0027s request (sec. 13)"],"clause":"(b) To qualify for immunity under this section, the person engaging in business must have been operating the business in substantial compliance with the applicable federal, state, and municipal laws and health mandates in effect at the time of the customer\u0027s exposure to COVID-19.","enforcement":"Loss of the immunity; exposure to suit for sickness, death, economic loss and other damages","functions":[],"notes":"Sec. 15(a) immunizes \u0027A person who engages in business and an employee of that person\u0027 from civil liability for a customer\u0027s COVID-19 exposure \u0027while patronizing the business\u0027 only where, under (b), the business was operating \u0027in substantial compliance with the applicable federal, state, and municipal laws and health mandates in effect at the time of the customer\u0027s exposure\u0027; sec. 14 imposes the identical condition on licensees under AS 08 (\u0027practicing the licensee\u0027s trade or profession in substantial compliance with the applicable federal, state, and municipal laws and health mandates\u0027); the Legislature thereby made compliance with the health mandates and laws the standard of care for every Alaska business from Apr. 30, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/PDF/32/Bills/HB0076Z.PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":656532,"grade":"primary","character":"liability_shield_condition","description":"","collection":"DUT-AK","url":"/library/DUT-AK-014","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AK-014","citation":"Alaska State Legislature (SCS CSHB 76(FIN) am S), signed by Governor Dunleavy Apr. 30, 2021, HB 76, ch. 2 SLA 2021, secs. 1, 13, 14 and 15 (cross-reference to Ex. AK-028; not re-saved) (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. DUT-AK-014)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["AK-029","AK-089","DUT-AK-015","DUT-AK-019"]}