{"id":"SEC-12-085","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"12","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 22.0035(b)","instrument":"Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9079","title":"Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","dateIssued":"2021-07-19","effective":"2021-08-01","end":"2021-10-01 (renewed by the Forty-Third Emergency Order)","startDate":"2021-08-01","endDate":"2021-10-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts in Texas","the bar"],"clause":"2. The Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order (Misc. Dkt. No. 21-9060) is renewed as amended. 3. Subject only to constitutional limitations, all courts in Texas may in any case, civil or criminal... [require or allow anyone involved in any hearing, deposition, or other proceeding of any kind--including but not limited to a] party, attorney, witness, court reporter, grand juror, or petit juror--to participate remotely... 5. Courts may continue to use reasonable efforts to conduct proceedings remotely.... 8. This Order is effective August 1, 2021, and expires October 1, 2021, except as [otherwise provided]","enforcement":"Supreme Court order","functions":["CT Texas court practice throughout Q3 2021"],"notes":"The Texas court instrument in force for the whole of Q3 2021 (the Thirty-Eighth Order governed July 1-31, 2021)","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1452510/219079.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":179087,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-12","url":"/library/SEC-12-085","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-12-085","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas, Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9079 (July 19, 2021) (Ex. SEC-12-085)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-12-GM-122","SEC-12-036","SEC-12-086"]}