The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- District of Columbia
- Level
- State
- Authority
- District of Columbia Public Emergency Act of 1980, D.C. Law 3-149, sec. 8
- Issued
- 1981-03-05 Mar. 5, 1981
- Effective
- 1981-03-05; permanent text in force throughout, with the temporary paragraphs (2) and (3) in force from 2020-03-17 through the period (read as 1981-03-05)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Mar. 5, 1981 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Standing dutyOther
- Addressees
- persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises; 'anyone who has violated the provisions of an emergency executive order'
- Character
- order penalty
- Collection
- Standing duties: District of Columbia DUT-DC
Operative words
An emergency executive order issued by the Mayor may provide for a fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation. The Corporation Counsel of the District of Columbia or any Assistant Corporation Counsel may bring an action in the name of the District of Columbia against anyone who has violated the provisions of an emergency executive order issued pursuant to this chapter.
Penalty
Fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation; civil action in the name of the District; during 2020-2021, revocation, suspension or limitation of licence, permit or certificate of occupancy, with violation of any rule, order or other issuance under an emergency order deemed a violation of the order (temporary paragraphs (2) and (3), Ex. DUT-DC-004)
What it required
Makes every emergency executive order (and, by sec. 7-2304.01, every public health emergency order) a binding legal command enforceable by a fine of not more than $1,000 for each violation and by an action brought in the name of the District by the Attorney General (the Corporation Counsel's successor).
Retrieval noteThe code page's Emergency Legislation and Temporary Legislation notes record the unbroken chain of 90-day and 225-day amendments from Act 23-247 (Mar. 17, 2020) to Law 24-9 (June 24, 2021; 225 days), so the temporary paragraphs were in force on every day of the six quarters from March 17, 2020. Every Mayor's Order in the library recites this section in its Enforcement part (Exs. DC-005, DC-006, DC-029, DC-079, DC-010, DC-016, DC-057).