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Executive Order No. 125 (2020)

Mitigation requirements for NJ TRANSIT, private carriers, paratransit and restaurants offering takeout (50 percent transit capacity; face coverings; 10 percent restaurant occupancy)

Governor Philip D. Murphy · New Jersey (State)

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Jurisdiction
New Jersey
Level
State
Authority
N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq.; N.J.S.A. 26:13-1 et seq.
Issued
2020-04-11 Apr. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-04-13 at 8:00 p.m. (para. 10) (read as 2020-04-13)
End
Transit 50 percent capacity lifted 8:00 p.m. July 15, 2020 (EO 165 para. 1); glove rules ended Aug. 27, 2020 (EO 181 para. 6); transit masking continued under EO 163 para. 3 and EO 242 para. 13 and, from Feb. 1, 2021, under the federal CDC conveyance order and TSA directives (read as 2021-06-30)
In force
Apr. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Capacity limitFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • NJ TRANSIT
  • private carriers (intrastate and interstate to New York and Pennsylvania)
  • Access Link paratransit
  • restaurants, bars and food courts offering takeout
Functions reached
  • WF commuting workforce (50 percent vehicle capacity; masks; reduced schedules)
  • TR transport
  • TO takeout operations at 10 percent occupancy
  • CB riders and patrons
Collection
New Jersey NJ

Operative words

Para. 1: "Where NJ TRANSIT has continued to operate utilizing an in-person workforce under the terms of Executive Order No. 107 (2020), NJ TRANSIT must adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. NJ TRANSIT workers may limit occupancy at 50% of the stated maximum capacity, on all trains, buses and light rail lines... d. Arrange for back door entry on buses wherever feasible, and take seats out of service near the bus operator"... Para. 5: "All restaurants, cafeterias, dining establishments, and food courts, with or without a liquor license, all bars... that are continuing to offer food delivery and/or take-out services pursuant to Executive Order No. 107 (2020) ('food business'), must adopt policies that include, at minimum, the following requirements: a. Limit occupancy at 10% of the stated maximum capacity, wherever feasible". Recitals: NJ TRANSIT "has continually issued customer advisories noting that travel across all of its modes of transportation should be limited to essential personnel" and carriers "have been forced to adjust the weekday rail, bus and light rail service to special schedules".

Enforcement

Para. 9 (per the order's penalty paragraph): N.J.S.A. App. A:9-49 and -50; carriers may decline boarding to unmasked riders

Notes

Every New Jersey employer's commuting workforce rode a transit system ordered to half capacity on special schedules for three months; restaurants' takeout lines ran at 10 percent occupancy.

Retrieval note

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