{"id":"DUT-AL-017","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 § 22-2-14 (recited); the State Health Officer\u0027s Stay at Home Order of April 3, 2020 (Ex. AL-013)","instrument":"Guidance for Law Enforcement: Enforcement of \u0027Stay at Home\u0027 Order (April 5, 2020)","title":"Guidance for Law Enforcement -- Subject: Enforcement of \u0027Stay at Home\u0027 Order","dateIssued":"2020-04-05","effective":"2020-04-05","end":"2020-04-30 5:00 p.m. (the Stay at Home Order\u0027s term, Ex. AL-013; the § 22-2-14 enforceability it states continued under the Safer at Home orders)","startDate":"2020-04-05","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","CAP","HC","DUTY","COND"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers and employees (work outside the home limited to listed businesses and three categories of activity); specified businesses (essential retailers: occupancy, posting, enforcement, congregation); health care providers (postponement)"],"clause":"The order requires stores to limit occupancy to no more than 50 percent of the normal occupancy load... to post this \u0027emergency maximum occupancy rate\u0027 in a conspicuous place, and to enforce this requirement.... Alabama Code §22-2-14 provides that knowingly violating or refusing to obey or comply with this order is a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500.00.","enforcement":"Ala. Code § 22-2-14: Class C misdemeanor, fine up to $500, each day a separate offense (as stated)","functions":[],"notes":"The Attorney General told law enforcement that \u0027every person is ordered to stay at his or her place of residence except as necessary to perform an essential activity,\u0027 that a person \u0027may not leave home to work\u0027 at an unlisted business except for the three categories of work-related activity, that essential retailers must cap occupancy at 50 percent, post the rate and \u0027enforce this requirement,\u0027 that retailers \u0027may not knowingly allow customers or patrons to congregate within six feet of one another,\u0027 that all non-emergency dental, medical and surgical procedures \u0027be postponed,\u0027 and that knowing violation is a Class C misdemeanor with each day a separate offense. Character as recorded: agency_position_statement (release, FAQ, memorandum or statement; order_penalty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://www.alabamapublichealth.gov/legal/assets/ag-stayathome-enforcement-040520.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":292502,"grade":"primary","character":"agency_position_statement","description":"","collection":"DUT-AL","url":"/library/DUT-AL-017","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AL-017","citation":"Attorney General Steve Marshall, Office of the Attorney General of Alabama, Guidance for Law Enforcement: Enforcement of \u0027Stay at Home\u0027 Order (April 5, 2020) (Apr. 5, 2020) (Ex. DUT-AL-017)","stateName":"Alabama","related":["AL-013","DUT-AL-002","DUT-AL-016"]}