{"id":"ECO-C-065","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"C","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 22.0035(b)","instrument":"Misc. Docket No. 20-9080, Eighteenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","title":"Eighteenth Emergency Order (no jury proceedings before September 1, 2020 except limited pilots; operating plans required)","dateIssued":"2020-06-29","effective":"2020-06-29","end":"Sept. 30, 2020 (superseded by the Twenty-Second and later orders)","startDate":"2020-06-29","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all Texas courts","jurors, parties, counsel"],"clause":"Courts must not conduct in-person proceedings contrary to the Guidance for All Court Proceedings During COVID-19 Pandemic (\u0027Guidance\u0027) issued by the Office of Court Administration... Before holding any in-person proceedings, a court must submit an operating plan... Courts must continue to use all reasonable efforts to conduct proceedings remotely.... A court must not hold a jury proceeding, including jury selection or a jury trial, prior to September 1, except as authorized by this Order.","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court of Texas","functions":["CT","OF","PJ"],"notes":"Statewide bar on jury proceedings through August 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1448109/209080.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":243338,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-C","url":"/library/ECO-C-065","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-C-065","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 20-9080, Eighteenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (June 29, 2020) (Ex. ECO-C-065)","stateName":"Texas","related":["ECO-C-064","ECO-C-063"]}