{"id":"DUT-CT-003","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 517, Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services)","authority":"June 1951, S. 1913d, 1920d; P.A. 73-544; P.A. 10-50 (§ 28-9(b)(1) extended to public health emergencies declared under § 19a-131a); P.A. 13-258 (§ 28-22 class D felony)","instrument":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-9 (Governor\u0027s powers in a civil preparedness or public health emergency; orders have the full force and effect of law) and § 28-22 (penalty)","title":"Chapter 517, Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services","dateIssued":"2025-10-01","effective":"standing; text in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021 (no amendment after 2013 in the current compilation)","end":"standing","startDate":"2025-10-01","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER","OTHER"],"addressees":["persons generally; all businesses and entities addressed by the orders"],"clause":"Any such order shall have the full force and effect of law upon the filing of the full text of such order in the office of the Secretary of the State.... Any statute, regulation or requirement, or part thereof, inconsistent with such order shall be inoperative for the effective period of such order. [§ 28-22:]... or who violates any provision of this chapter, shall be guilty of a class D felony.","enforcement":"§ 28-22: class D felony (P.A. 13-258 replaced the former fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than five years). The orders themselves added order-specific penalties by modifying § 51-164n(b): EO 9B (Ex. CT-028) $100 (masks; business liable for its employee), $500 (organizing a gathering), $250 (attending); EO 9N (Ex. CT-033) and EO 11A (Ex. CT-041) $10,000 civil penalty per violation of the DECD Rules; EO 12A (Ex. CT-045) $100 with the employer liable","functions":[],"notes":"Every person to treat the Governor\u0027s emergency orders as law: upon the Governor\u0027s proclamation of a civil preparedness emergency or declaration of a public health emergency under § 19a-131a, the Governor \u0027may modify or suspend in whole or in part, by order... any statute, regulation or requirement\u0027 that conflicts with civil preparedness functions \u0027or the protection of the public health\u0027 (§ 28-9(b)(1)) and \u0027may take such other steps as are reasonably necessary in the light of the emergency to protect the health, safety and welfare of the people of the state\u0027 (§ 28-9(b)(7)); every such order has \u0027the full force and effect of law\u0027 on filing; a person who \u0027wilfully impedes, interferes with or otherwise obstructs any lawful civil preparedness activity\u0027 or \u0027who violates any provision of this chapter\u0027 commits a class D felony (§ 28-22).","sourceUrl":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_517.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":415239,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-003","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-003","citation":"Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 517, Civil Preparedness and Emergency Services), Conn. Gen. Stat. § 28-9 (Governor\u0027s powers in a civil preparedness or public health emergency; orders have the full force and effect of law) and § 28-22 (penalty) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CT-003)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["CT-028","CT-033","CT-041","CT-045","CT-018","CT-021","DUT-CT-011","CT-038","CT-042","CT-043"]}