{"id":"DUT-TX-011","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.018(c), 418.108(g)","instrument":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g)","title":"Movement of People; Declaration of Local Disaster (control of movement of persons and occupancy of premises)","dateIssued":"1987-09-01","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"1987-09-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","CAP","TRAV","DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; all businesses (occupancy of premises)"],"clause":"The governor may control ingress and egress to and from a disaster area and the movement of persons and the occupancy of premises in the area.... The county judge or the mayor of a municipality may control ingress to and egress from a disaster area under the jurisdiction and authority of the county judge or mayor and control the movement of persons and the occupancy of premises in that area.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.173 (Ex. DUT-TX-012)","functions":[],"notes":"The statutory source of every stay-home, closure, occupancy and travel-quarantine command in the Texas layer: the Governor\u0027s orders recite § 418.018(c) verbatim (Exs. TX-008, TX-036), and county judges and mayors held the same power over \u0027the movement of persons and the occupancy of premises\u0027 for the local orders in the metro layer until the Governor\u0027s orders preempted them. Character as recorded: statutory_authority (enabling power; binds through the orders issued under it).","sourceUrl":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210124215945/https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":712065,"grade":"primary","character":"statutory_authority","description":"","collection":"DUT-TX","url":"/library/DUT-TX-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-TX-011","citation":"Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418), Tex. Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g) (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-011)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-008","TX-036","TX-047","DUT-TX-012"]}