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- Jurisdiction
- Broward County, Florida · Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach · Florida
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Broward County Code ss. 8-53, 8-56; Fla. EO 20-52; ch. 252, Fla. Stat.
- Issued
- 2020-06-25 June 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-26 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-06-26)
- End
- Carried forward in EO 20-21 s. 4 (July 10, 2020) and the CEO ch. 9 (Dec. 16, 2020); suspended May 3, 2021 (Fla. EO 21-102) (read as 2020-07-10)
- In force
- June 26, 2020 to July 10, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- any establishment (as defined in EO 20-12) cited for operating inconsistently with any Broward County Emergency Order
- Functions reached
- SF premises (closure for citation)
- OF administration (attestation, inspection)
- HR training in the orders
- Collection
- Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach MET-MIA
Operative words
Section 1.... Commencing at 12:01 a.m. on Friday June 26, 2020, in addition to being subject to the penalties set forth in Section 8-56 of the County's Code of Ordinances, any establishment (as defined in Emergency Order 20-12) that is cited by the applicable code enforcement or law enforcement authority for operating in a manner inconsistent with or otherwise in violation of any Broward County Emergency Order shall close immediately. Such establishment may reopen only after (1) a minimum of a twenty-four (24) hour period during which the establishment shall conduct a thorough review of the County's applicable Emergency Orders...; and (2) submitting a fully executed attestation under penalty of perjury by the owner, general manager, or chief executive officer of the establishment... In addition, the establishment shall, within five (5) calendar days after reopening, submit to inspection... Any repeat violation by the establishment... shall be presumed a knowing violation subject to a fine of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) under Section 8-56(b)(2).
Enforcement
Broward County Code s. 8-56; closure; attestation; inspection; $15,000 fine
Notes
Recital lists EOs 20-12 to 20-17 (May 21-June 12, 2020) as the operating rules; EO 20-17 required retail and restaurant signage
Retrieval noteText layer read in full; the file name's date (June 24) is the drafting date; the order recites effect June 26 and was filed in June 2020.