News release, 'Texas State Parks, TPWD Facilities Limit Operations' (closure of park headquarters, visitor centers, park stores, law-enforcement and boat-registration offices to the public)

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (State agency) · Texas

Level

State

Authority

Tex. Parks & Wild. Code ch. 13 (State parks; department authority to regulate use of State parks) (pin to be verified); Governor's disaster declaration of Mar. 13, 2020 under Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418

Issued

2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020

Effective

2020-03-19 12:00 p.m.; cash and check payments suspended from 8 a.m. Mar. 21, 2020 (read as 2020-03-19)

End

Superseded by the full closure of Apr. 7, 2020 (Ex. 002) and the day-use reopening of Apr. 20, 2020 (Ex. 003) (read as 2020-04-07)

In force

Mar. 19, 2020 to Apr. 7, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Business closureCourts and public officesOther

Addressees

• State park visitors
• park concession and program participants
• the public using TPWD law-enforcement and boat-registration offices

Functions reached

• CB customer base (park visitors, boat owners registering vessels)
• SF park stores and visitor centers closed
• MK interpretive programs suspended
• CRT public offices closed (boat registration, law enforcement)

Character

context

Collection

State agriculture, parks and wildlife agencies AGY-ST-AGRICULTURE-PARKS-WILDLIFE

Operative words

Parks will be limiting park programming and closing public access to park headquarters, visitor centers and park stores starting at 12 p.m. Thursday, March 19.... TPWD's Austin headquarters, will be closing to public visitation at 12 p.m., March 19.... Starting at 8 a.m. March 21, to further enhance the safety of visitors and staff, Texas State Parks will no longer accept check or cash payments until further notice.

Enforcement

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