The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Vermont
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- A.O. 49 §§ 2, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Issued
- 2021-09-01 Sept. 1, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-01
- End
- Extended to Jan. 1, 2022 (VT-062) and Mar. 1, 2022 (VT-063) (read as 2022-01-01)
- In force
- Sept. 1, 2021 to Jan. 1, 2022
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Telework mandateCapacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- all courts
- Court Administrator
- litigants
- Functions reached
- CT courts (Sept. 2021: Delta-wave re-tightening)
- PJ
- WF
- Collection
- Vermont VT
Operative words
Based on the climbing COVID-19 infection rate and projections of public-health experts concerning the course of the pandemic, § 2 is amended to extend the effective date of Administrative Order 49 until November 1, 2021... the Court Administrator is authorized to identify these as limited-entry courthouses. Hearings in limited-entry courthouses must be scheduled for remote participation unless the Court Administrator has identified courtrooms that can accommodate small in-person proceedings... mitigation measures for staff workspaces, including portable air filtration units, distancing of workspaces, tracking of employee vaccination status, and/or mask requirements where appropriate.
Enforcement
Order of the Supreme Court; Court Administrator directives
Notes
The Judiciary's Delta-wave re-tightening in the third quarter of 2021; § 8 continued suspension of records-request timelines.