{"id":"ECO-C-061","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"C","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas (joint with the Court of Criminal Appeals, Misc. Docket No. 20-007)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 22.0035(b)","instrument":"Misc. Docket No. 20-9042, First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","title":"First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"May 8, 2020 unless extended (extended and superseded by the numbered chain through the Forty-Fifth Emergency Order, Nov. 23, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-05-08","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts in Texas","parties, attorneys, jurors and the public"],"clause":"Subject only to constitutional limitations, all courts in Texas may in any case, civil or criminal--and must to avoid risk to court staff, parties, attorneys, jurors, and the public--without a participant\u0027s consent: a. Modify or suspend any and all deadlines and procedures, whether prescribed by statute, rule, or order... This Order is effective as of March 13, 2020, and expires May 8, 2020, unless extended by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court of Texas under § 22.0035(b)","functions":["CT","OF","PJ","CL closings dependent on court proceedings"],"notes":"Beginning of a 45-order chain that ran past Sept. 30, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1446056/209042.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":411429,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-C","url":"/library/ECO-C-061","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-C-061","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas (joint with the Court of Criminal Appeals, Misc. Docket No. 20-007), Misc. Docket No. 20-9042, First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-061)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}