{"id":"MET-HOU-061","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas (Supreme Court)","state":"TX","metro":"HOU","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418 (Texas Disaster Act)","instrument":"Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction)","title":"Opinion, Abbott v. Harris County","dateIssued":"2023-06-30","effective":"","end":"mandate Aug. 11, 2023","startDate":"2023-06-30","endDate":"2023-08-11","quarters":[],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["Governor; Attorney General; Harris County"],"clause":"We hold that... during a declared disaster, the Governor has the lawful authority to prohibit local officials from imposing mask requirements in response to a contagious disease... Her first mask order, issued on April 22, 2020, required \u0027all persons over the age of ten\u0027 to \u0027wear some form of face covering\u0027... The State appealed, which stayed the injunction and all other proceedings in the district court. TEX. R. APP. P. 29.1(b)... None of the injunctions against GA-38 has been in effect during the pendency of the appeals now before this Court... The Governor allowed GA-38 to expire in June 2023.","enforcement":"","functions":["litigation record"],"notes":"Identifies the three local requirements litigated: the Aug. 17, 2021 Eighth Order (Disaster Act), the May 25, 2021 Commissioners Court order (Health \u0026 Safety Code 121.003(a)) and the Aug. 12, 2021 Local Health Authority order (81.082, 121.024); GA-38 cited as issued July 29, 2021, 46 Tex. Reg. 4913; Senate Bill 29 (Health \u0026 Safety Code 81B.002) effective Sept. 1, 2023","sourceUrl":"https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=75f3815c-b26f-4dd0-b0f8-ab9b2809728b\u0026coa=cossup\u0026DT=OPINION\u0026MediaID=0eae9171-1647-4fed-8ed1-b996399e0761","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":254189,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-HOU","url":"/library/MET-HOU-061","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-HOU-061","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas (Blacklock, J.), Abbott v. Harris County, No. 22-0124 (Tex. June 30, 2023) (opinion reversing and dissolving the temporary injunction) (Ex. MET-HOU-061)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-DFW-096"]}