{"id":"MET-HOU-055","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Galveston County, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"HOU","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"County Judge Mark Henry","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418 (local disaster declared Mar. 17, 2020; continued by Commissioners Court Mar. 23, 2020)","instrument":"Galveston County Stay at Home Order","title":"Stay at Home Order","dateIssued":"2020-03-24","effective":"2020-03-24 11:59 p.m.","end":"2020-04-03 11:59 p.m.","startDate":"2020-03-24","endDate":"2020-04-03","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","GATH","HC"],"addressees":["all individuals living within Galveston County","all businesses","health care providers"],"clause":"Effective as of 11:59 p.m. on March 24, 2020, and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on April 3, 2020: (a) All individuals currently living within Galveston County are ordered [to stay at home]... (b) All businesses operating within Galveston County, except Essential Businesses... are required to cease [all activities at facilities]... (c) All public or private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit are prohibited... (f) All elective medical, surgical, and dental procedures are prohibited.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.173","functions":["CB","SF","OF","GATH","PR elective procedures","CH dental care","WF"],"notes":"The only Houston-area county order that itself prohibited elective medical, surgical and dental procedures","sourceUrl":"http://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/CJ/Documents/Stay%20at%20Home%20Order%20-3-23-2020.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200401233815/http://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/CJ/Documents/Stay%20at%20Home%20Order%20-3-23-2020.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":505248,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-HOU","url":"/library/MET-HOU-055","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-HOU-055","citation":"County Judge Mark Henry, Galveston County Stay at Home Order (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-055)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-HOU-056"]}