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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3093 (State of New Jersey, January 21, 2021)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to Senate, No. 3093 with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated January 21, 2021. The committee reports Senate Bill No. 3093 favorably and with committee amendments. As amended, the bill directs the Governor, in consultation with the Commissioner of the Department of Health, to develop and implement a county-based mitigation plan to allow businesses to operate during a pandemic. The statement says the plan uses empirical data over a seven day rolling average to establish categories of risk organized by the colors Red, Yellow and Green. It states that the committee amended the bill to remove language that exempts holders of a liquor license with retail consumption privileges from fines established by the Governor.

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“Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3093 (State of New Jersey, January 21, 2021).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-01-21-scm-s3093-s1-afda475afb/, SHA-256 e4472073be13f12949569d22550b5f0ccfdb277d202a10f4829bcae64887ae87.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

                  SENATE, No. 3093
                  with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                   DATED: JANUARY 21, 2021

   The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3093.
    As amended, the bill directs the Governor to develop and
implement a county-based mitigation plan to allow businesses to
operate during a pandemic.
   Under this bill, the Governor, in consultation with the
Commissioner of the Department of Health, is directed to develop
and implement a mitigation plan to allow business to operate during
a pandemic. This plan will be developed by using empirical data,
over a seven day rolling average, to establish three categories of
risk that will be organized by the following colors:
    (1) Red, which shall indicate that there is an active outbreak and
        is the highest level of risk;
    (2) Yellow, which shall indicate that the risk of an outbreak is
        moderate; and
    (3) Green, which shall indicate that the risk of an outbreak is
        low.
   Once these categories, and the thresholds for reaching them, are
established, the Governor will assign one of the categories to each
of the State’s 21 counties and 565 municipalities, with additional
consideration given to a county containing a jail, university, or
other large congregate facility. The Governor will then restrict
business activity within a county based on the category that the
county was assigned to. For an affected county with a population
density greater than 1,500 persons per square mile, the Governor
may restrict business activity countywide or by municipality. If an
affected county has a population density beneath 1,500 persons per
square mile, the Governor will restrict business activity by
municipality. Municipalities within an affected county may further
restrict business activity if the municipality has reason to believe
that, based on empirical data, they should be subject to restrictions
beyond those mandated upon them.
   A county assigned to a category higher than green will not be
reassigned to a lesser category without a three-week evaluation of
the area’s empirical data to determine its progress. Restrictions
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pertaining to each category of risk and the data trends of each
county will be published on the Department of Health website to
provide transparency for affected business owners and the public.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
   The committee amended the bill to remove language in the bill that
exempts holders of a liquor license with retail consumption privileges
and operating certain establishments from fines established by the
Governor.

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