{"id":"DUT-NJ-015","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Office of the Attorney General, Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General; Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, James B. Graziano, Director","authority":"N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq. (license suspension) applied to violations of the Governor\u0027s COVID-19 orders","instrument":"Attorney General press release, \u0027AG Grewal Announces Charges Seeking to Suspend Liquor Licenses of 12 Bars and Restaurants Accused of Violating Gov. Murphy\u0027s COVID-19 Executive Orders\u0027 (Dec. 30, 2020)","title":"Charges seeking suspension of the liquor licenses of twelve bars and restaurants for violating the COVID-19 executive orders","dateIssued":"2020-12-30","effective":"2020-12-30 (charges issued; each licensee faced a minimum 10-day suspension)","end":"n/a (enforcement record)","startDate":"2020-12-30","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q4"],"types":["CAP","MASK","ALC","CURF","EMP"],"addressees":["specified businesses: bars and restaurants holding liquor licenses"],"clause":"violations of EO 194 and/or prior executive orders requiring establishments to limit the number of patrons allowed in indoor areas to 25 percent of the establishment\u0027s indoor capacity; enforce face covering requirements for patrons and employees;... maintain a six-foot minimum distance between dining tables;... and enforce social distancing among employees and patrons.","enforcement":"Liquor license suspension, minimum 10 days per licensee (25-day and 20-day suspensions sought against named licensees)","functions":[],"notes":"The Attorney General stated that the executive orders required licensed establishments to cap indoor occupancy at 25 percent, enforce face coverings on patrons and employees, seat all consumption, space tables six feet apart, cap parties at eight and enforce distancing among employees and patrons, and charged twelve licensees with license suspension of at least ten days for failing to do so. Character as recorded: enforcement_record (press release; order_penalty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://www.njoag.gov/ag-grewal-announces-charges-seeking-to-suspend-liquor-licenses-of-12-bars-and-restaurants-accused-of-violating-gov-murphys-covid-19-executive-orders/","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20201230211719/https://www.njoag.gov/ag-grewal-announces-charges-seeking-to-suspend-liquor-licenses-of-12-bars-and-restaurants-accused-of-violating-gov-murphys-covid-19-executive-orders/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":397194,"grade":"primary","character":"enforcement_record","description":"","collection":"DUT-NJ","url":"/library/DUT-NJ-015","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NJ-015","citation":"Office of the Attorney General, Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General; Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, James B. Graziano, Director, Attorney General press release, \u0027AG Grewal Announces Charges Seeking to Suspend Liquor Licenses of 12 Bars and Restaurants Accused of Violating Gov. Murphy\u0027s COVID-19 Executive Orders\u0027 (Dec. 30, 2020) (Ex. DUT-NJ-015)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}