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Ex. DUT-DC-004 Standing duty Primary source read

D.C. Act 23-247, COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020, sec. 301(c)

COVID-19 Response Emergency Amendment Act of 2020 (amendments to the District of Columbia Public Emergency Act of 1980, sections 5a, 7 and 8)

Council of the District of Columbia (emergency act approved by Mayor Muriel Bowser) · District of Columbia (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
District of Columbia
Level
State
Authority
D.C. Home Rule Act sec. 412(a) (emergency legislation), D.C. Code sec. 1-204.12(a)
Issued
2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17
End
90 days by its terms; carried forward without interruption by D.C. Acts 23-326 (May 27, 2020), 23-328 (June 8, 2020), 23-405 (Aug. 19, 2020), 24-30 (Mar. 17, 2021), 24-96 (June 7, 2021) and D.C. Laws 23-130 (Oct. 9, 2020; 225 days) and 24-9 (June 24, 2021; 225 days), as the code page for sec. 7-2307 records (Ex. DUT-DC-003) (read as 2020-05-27)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to May 27, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationStanding dutyOther
Addressees
  • persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises; every licensee, permittee and holder of a certificate of occupancy in the District
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: District of Columbia DUT-DC

Operative words

(2) The Mayor may revoke, suspend, or limit the license, permit, or certificate of occupancy of a person or entity that violates an emergency executive order. (3) For the purposes of this section a violation of a rule, order, or other issuance issued under the authority of an emergency executive order shall constitute a violation of the emergency executive order.

Penalty

Revocation, suspension or limitation of licence, permit or certificate of occupancy; the $1,000-per-violation fine and civil action of sec. 7-2307

What it required

Added to sec. 7-2307 the licence, permit and certificate-of-occupancy sanction for any person or entity violating an emergency executive order, and made a violation of any 'rule, order, or other issuance' under an emergency order (including DC Health guidance issued under the orders) a violation of the order itself; also amended sec. 7-2304.01(d) (crisis standards of care; waivers) and sec. 7-2306 (extension of the March 11, 2020 emergencies).

Retrieval note

Text read from the Council's codified act page (Wayback capture of Nov. 29, 2022); the LIMS signed-act PDF (B23-0718) refused automated retrieval. Mayor's Order 2020-080 sec. on enforcement and Mayor's Order 2021-097 apply paragraph (3) in terms: 'a violation of a rule, order, or other issuance (including a guidance) issued under the authority of a prior Order... shall constitute a violation of this Order' (Exs. DC-010, DC-057).