{"id":"MET-HOU-020","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Harris County, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"HOU","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Judge Lina Hidalgo","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.108(g), 418.1015, 418.018; GA-28","instrument":"Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings","title":"Amended Order Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings","dateIssued":"2020-07-01","effective":"12:01 a.m. on signing","end":"2020-08-26 11:59 p.m.; extended Aug. 26, 2020 to fourteen days after the Governor\u0027s final disaster declaration (Ex. -023); mandate preempted Mar. 10, 2021 (GA-34)","startDate":"2020-07-01","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["MASK","EMP","CAP"],"addressees":["all commercial entities providing goods or services directly to the public","all persons 10 years or older","Harris County employees"],"clause":"That this Executive Order shall incorporate and adopt the most recent executive order GA-28... all commercial entities in Harris County providing goods or services directly to the public must develop, post, and implement a health and safety policy... must require, at a minimum, that all employees or visitors... wear face coverings... Failure to develop and implement the Health and Safety Policy required by this Executive Order within five (5) calendar days following the Effective Date may result in a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation... all people 10 years or older shall wear a face covering over their nose and mouth when in a commercial entity... Consistent with Executive Order GA-28... no civil or criminal penalty will be imposed on individuals for failure to wear a face covering.","enforcement":"fine up to $1,000 per violation on commercial entities","functions":["EMP","SF","CB","HR","WF"],"notes":"The county index dates this order July 1, 2020 (file name 20200630HSOrder); the Aug. 26 extension refers to it as signed July 1, 2020","sourceUrl":"https://agenda.harriscountytx.gov/2020/20200630HSOrder.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20210125191447/https://agenda.harriscountytx.gov/2020/20200630HSOrder.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":344242,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-HOU","url":"/library/MET-HOU-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-HOU-020","citation":"County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Amended Order of County Judge Lina Hidalgo Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings (July 1, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-020)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-23-GM-003","SEC-23-GM-004","SEC-23-GM-007","SEC-23-GM-010","SEC-23-GM-029","MET-HOU-018","MET-HOU-021","MET-HOU-017","MET-HOU-016","MET-HOU-015","MET-HOU-022","MET-HOU-012"]}