{"id":"DUT-AL-016","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alabama","state":"AL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama","authority":"Ala. Code §§ 22-2-2(6), 22-2-8, 22-2-14; Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-1-2-.07(e) (recited)","instrument":"Guidance for Law Enforcement: State Health Order (March 21, 2020)","title":"Guidance for Law Enforcement: State Health Order","dateIssued":"2020-03-21","effective":"2020-03-21","end":"guidance of the period; the enforceability it describes ran with the orders adopted as Board rules (March 20, 2020 to May 31, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-21","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["DUTY","GATH","CLOSE","EMP"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers and businesses (the March 20 amendment \u0027clarif[ied] the intended application of the order for businesses and their employees\u0027); prosecutors and law enforcement as the addressees"],"clause":"The effect of the order and the promulgation of the emergency rule is that the March 20th order is now enforceable under Section 22-2-14... if a violator has been made aware of the state health order and the refusal to comply presents a threat to public health and safety, the penalties of Section 22-2-14 are available as an enforcement tool.","enforcement":"Ala. Code § 22-2-14 as quoted (misdemeanor; $25 to $500; each day a separate offense)","functions":[],"notes":"The State\u0027s chief law officer instructed every prosecutor and law-enforcement agency that the State Health Officer\u0027s order, adopted as an emergency rule under §§ 22-2-2(6) and 22-2-8 with \u0027the force of law,\u0027 was a criminal offense to violate under § 22-2-14, quoting the penalty section in full, and that businesses and their employees were within the order as amended March 20, 2020. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_penalty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/guidanceforle-ag-032120.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":103197,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-AL","url":"/library/DUT-AL-016","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AL-016","citation":"Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama, Guidance for Law Enforcement: State Health Order (March 21, 2020) (Mar. 21, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AL-016)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["DUT-AL-002","DUT-AL-018","DUT-AL-017"]}