{"id":"TX-059","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 22.0035(b)","instrument":"Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9071","title":"Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","dateIssued":"2020-05-26","effective":"2020-05-26 (immediately)","end":"2020-07-31 (renewed)","startDate":"2020-05-26","endDate":"2020-07-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["CRT","GATH"],"addressees":["all courts","jurors"],"clause":"4. Courts must not conduct in-person proceedings contrary to guidance issued by the Office of Court Administration regarding social distancing, maximum group size, and other restrictions and precautions. Prior to holding any in-person proceedings on or after June 1, 2020, a court must submit an operating plan... Courts must continue to use all reasonable efforts to conduct proceedings remotely.... 6. A court must not hold a jury proceeding, including jury selection or a jury trial, prior to August 1, [2020], except [in a limited number approved by the Office of Court Administration]... 14. This Order is effective immediately and expires July 31, 2020.","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["CT courts (jury trials barred before Aug. 1, 2020; in-person proceedings only under approved operating plans)","PJ litigation","SV"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1446702/209071.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":211321,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-059","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-059","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas, Seventeenth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9071 (May 26, 2020) (Ex. TX-059)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-058","TX-057"]}