{"id":"MET-AUS-065","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Travis County and City of Austin, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Travis County (Office of the County Judge) with the Austin-Travis County Health Authority; issued under Stay Home Order 2020-5","authority":"Recommendatory directive issued under Travis County Stay Home Order 2020-5 (Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418) and CDC guidance of April 3, 2020","instrument":"Notification to use Fabric Face Coverings in Public Settings - April 6, 2020 Directives","title":"Notification and directives recommending fabric face coverings in public settings for the public and for Critical Infrastructure and Essential Business employees","dateIssued":"2020-04-06","effective":"2020-04-06","end":"2020-04-13 (superseded by the mandatory face-covering requirement of Order 2020-7, Ex. MET-AUS-040)","startDate":"2020-04-06","endDate":"2020-04-13","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["MASK","EMP"],"addressees":["the public","Critical Infrastructure and Essential Business employees","persons covered by Travis County Stay Home Order 2020-5"],"clause":"The public in general and Critical Infrastructure/Essential Business employees should [wear fabric face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain]... [persons leaving home under the] Travis County Stay Home Order, 2020-5, should wear a mask or cloth face covering... Even with the use of appropriate face coverings, individuals shall maintain 6 feet of social distancing whenever possible... It is critical to emphasize that staying home is the best way to help reduce the spread of the virus, but if you must go out, wearing a fabric face mask is recommended.","enforcement":"Recommendatory (\u0027should\u0027, \u0027recommended\u0027); the six-foot distancing requirement of Order 2020-5 restated as mandatory","functions":["WF employees of essential businesses directed to wear face coverings","CB customers","SC surgical masks and N-95 respirators to be reserved for healthcare workers"],"notes":"Recommendatory precursor (April 6) to the April 13, 2020 mandate; evidences the County\u0027s direction that essential-business employees mask a week before the order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.AustinTexas.gov/COVID19","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":250368,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-065","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-065","citation":"Travis County (Office of the County Judge) with the Austin-Travis County Health Authority; issued under Stay Home Order 2020-5, Notification to use Fabric Face Coverings in Public Settings - April 6, 2020 Directives (Apr. 6, 2020) (Ex. MET-AUS-065)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-040"]}