{"id":"TX-029","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.011, 418.012, 418.016(a)","instrument":"Executive Order GA-34","title":"Relating to the opening of Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2021-03-02","effective":"2021-03-10 12:01 a.m.","end":"2021-07-29 (superseded and rescinded by GA-38, which \u0027supersedes all pre-existing COVID-19-related executive orders and rescinds them in their entirety, except... GA-13 or GA-37\u0027); ¶¶ 1(b) and 2(c)(iii) superseded earlier by GA-36 on 2021-05-18","startDate":"2021-03-10","endDate":"2021-07-29","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["CAP","MASK","HC","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["every business or other establishment","every jurisdiction (no face-covering mandates)","county judges in high-hospitalization Trauma Service Areas","long-term care facilities","public schools"],"clause":"1. In all counties not in an area with high hospitalizations as defined below: a. there are no COVID-19-related operating limits for any business or other establishment; and b. individuals are strongly encouraged to wear face coverings... but no person may be required by any jurisdiction to wear or to mandate the wearing of a face covering.... 2. In any county located in an area with high hospitalizations as defined above: a. there are no state-imposed COVID-19-related operating limits for any business or other establishment; b. there is no state-imposed requirement to wear a face covering; and c. the county judge may use COVID-19-related mitigation strategies; provided, however, that: i. business and other establishments may not be required to operate at less than 50 percent of total occupancy...; ii. no jurisdiction may impose confinement in jail as a penalty...; and iii. no jurisdiction may impose a penalty of any kind for failure to wear a face covering or failure to mandate that customers or employees wear face coverings... 5. Nursing homes, state supported living centers, assisted living facilities, and long-term care facilities should follow guidance from [HHSC] regarding visitations... 6. Public schools may operate as provided by, and under the minimum standard health protocols found in, guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency.... 8. Executive Orders GA-17, GA-25, GA-29, and GA-31 are rescinded in their entirety.","enforcement":"Preemption clause; suspension of §§ 418.1015(b), 418.108 and Health \u0026 Safety Code ch. 81 subch. E; § 418.173 fines for local officials added by GA-36","functions":["ends statewide CAP for all sectors","ends MASK mandate","authorizes county-judge mitigation to 50% in high-hospitalization TSAs","SCH continues under TEA protocols (masks in schools to June 4, 2021)","VS long-term care under HHSC guidance"],"notes":"The instrument that ended Texas\u0027s general business restrictions, effective March 10, 2021; what remained: the disaster declaration, GA-10 reporting, the county-judge mitigation option, TEA school protocols, HHSC long-term care guidance, the court emergency orders, TSBDE Emergency Rule 108.7, the DMV waiver to April 14, 2021","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2021/GA-34.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1191668,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-029","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-029","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-34 (Mar. 2, 2021) (Ex. TX-029)","stateName":"Texas","related":["DUT-TX-020","SEC-03-GM-031","SEC-03-GM-033","SEC-06-GM-001","SEC-06-GM-017","SEC-06-GM-037","SEC-06-GM-038","SEC-06-GM-049","SEC-08-GM-020","SEC-08-GM-021","SEC-09-GM-033","SEC-09-GM-034"]}