Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes certain retail operations and construction sites to reopen if they follow guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the Governor from closing retail stores during a declaration of disaster emergency if the retail store (Sec. 1):

• Restricts access during a declaration of disaster emergency to one customer in the retail store facility at a time; and

• Restricts store operations to one employee in the retail store facility at a time.

• Authorizes both for-profit and non-profit corporations to transition to contactless and curbside business operations for the duration of the emergency, and requires them to  (Sec. 1):

• Comply with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s interim guidance for business and employers to plan and respond to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) promulgated under the federal public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, in relation to social distancing and sanitation protocols;

• Maintain employees necessary to support the taking of orders through online, telephone, or other means when personal interaction is limited during a transaction if employees adhere to social distancing and appropriate sanitation protocols;

• Provide contactless local delivery and curbside pick-up service of online or telephone orders; and

• Prohibit cash payments for transactions.

• Specifies that any violation of the aforementioned provisions shall result in immediate suspension of business operations (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that this act shall take effect immediately upon passage (Sec. 3).

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