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Executive Order No. 7S

Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Safe Stores Mandatory Statewide Rules, Insurance Grace Period, Tax and Other Measures

Governor Ned Lamont; DECD (Safe Stores rules); Insurance Department · Connecticut (State)

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Jurisdiction
Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9
Issued
2020-04-01 Apr. 1, 2020
Effective
2020-04-03 (Safe Stores rules upon each retailer's first opening on Apr. 3) (read as 2020-04-03)
End
Section 1 superseded May 20, 2020 by the Sector Rules for Retail and Malls (EO 7PP s.1(c)); s.2 (insurance grace period) 60 days; s.11 (non-judicial tax sales) suspended until resumed by EO 9C (read as 2020-05-20)
In force
Apr. 3, 2020 to May 20, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureWorkplace rulesOther
Addressees
  • every retail establishment in the State
  • insurers
  • liquor permittees
  • taxpayers
  • municipal tax collectors
Functions reached
  • SF sales floor (occupancy limits, distancing, cleaning under the Safe Stores rules)
  • IN insurance (60-day premium grace period, s.2)
  • CL non-judicial tax sales suspended (s.11)
  • OP tax deadlines
Collection
Connecticut CT

Operative words

Effective upon the opening of each retail establishment for the first time on April 3, 2020, every retail establishment in the State of Connecticut shall take additional protective measures to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 between and among customers, employees, and other persons such as delivery drivers or maintenance people. The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall issue mandatory statewide rules prescribing such additional protective measures no later than 11:59 p.m. on April 1, 2020. Such rules shall be mandatory throughout the state and shall supersede and preempt any current or future municipal order

Enforcement

Conn. Gen. Stat. section 28-22; DECD mandatory rules

Notes

Section 2 imposed a 60-day grace period for premium payments and barred cancellations and non-renewals for nonpayment, implementing Insurance Department Bulletin IC-40 (CT-063).