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Ex. DUT-NJ-018 Standing duty Primary source read

Attorney General press release, 'AG Grewal and Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control Announce Charges Seeking to Suspend Liquor Licenses of 10 Bars and Restaurants Accused of Numerous Violations of Gov. Murphy's Executive Order 194' (Dec. 11, 2020)

First enforcement actions of the statewide ABC compliance campaign under Executive Order No. 194

Office of the Attorney General, Gurbir S. Grewal, Attorney General; Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, James Graziano, Acting Director · New Jersey (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. 33:1-1 et seq. applied to violations of the Governor's COVID-19 orders
Issued
2020-12-11 Dec. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-12-11 (charges issued; minimum 10-day suspension for each licensee) (read as 2020-12-11)
End
n/a (enforcement record) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Dec. 11, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q4
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • specified businesses: bars and restaurants holding liquor licenses
Character
enforcement record
Collection
Standing duties: New Jersey DUT-NJ

Operative words

Since EO 194 took effect on November 12, 2020, teams of investigators from ABC, the Division of Criminal Justice, and local law enforcement agencies have been carrying out inspection sweeps of bars and restaurants statewide to enforce compliance... Those who flout curfews, seating restrictions, face covering mandates, and other mitigation measures will face consequences.

Penalty

Liquor license suspension, minimum 10 days per licensee

What it required

The State's chief law-enforcement officer announced statewide inspection sweeps to enforce the Governor's orders against licensed establishments and charged ten licensees, each facing at least a 10-day suspension, for violating the 10:00 p.m. indoor service cessation, the bar-seating prohibition and related requirements. Character as recorded: enforcement_record (press release; order_penalty layer).

Retrieval note

Rendered from the Wayback Machine's capture of Dec. 12, 2020 (1.5 MB). The PDF's text layer interleaves the site's navigation menu with parts of the body text; the quoted sentences were read in full from the live page in this session and appear in the exhibit's text layer with that interleaving. The release states the quoted sentences and lists the ten licensees and the penalties sought.