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Ex. MET-AUS-012 Order Primary source read

Order No. 20200930-20 (Notices to Vacate)

Order prohibiting landlords from issuing notices to vacate and taking related actions (supersedes Order No. 20200724-18)

Mayor Steve Adler · City of Austin, Texas (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Austin, Texas · Austin · Texas
Level
City
Authority
Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418, as recited; CARES Act forbearance and the CDC eviction order recited
Issued
2020-09-30 Sept. 30, 2020
Effective
2020-09-30 (effective immediately) (read as 2020-09-30)
End
2020-12-31 (stated term 'continuing through December 31, 2020'; succeeded by Order No. 20201217-022, recited in Ex. MET-AUS-016, not in library) (read as 2020-12-31)
In force
Sept. 30, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q32020 Q4
Limitation types
Other
Addressees
  • landlords and property owners in the City of Austin
  • residential tenants
Functions reached
  • PM property management: notices to vacate and lockouts prohibited
  • CL landlord-tenant transactions
  • CB tenants
Collection
Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

SECTION 2. Effective immediately and continuing through December 31, 2020, unless terminated or modified by a subsequent order, the Mayor of the City of Austin deems it in the public interest to [PROHIBIT the issuance of notices to vacate to] (i) a residential tenant who fails to pay rent and the amount of the tenant's rent is $2,475 or less per month, (ii) a residential tenant who fails to pay rent and provides the landlord the CDC Declaration... SECTION 4. Effective immediately and continuing through December 31, 2020... [prohibiting removal of property or exclusion of tenants]...

Enforcement

Violation of Austin City Code § 2-6-24; misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000

Notes

FILE NAME IS WRONG: the file is the September 30, 2020 eviction order, not a 'Stay Home Mask Be Safe' order. The Austin eviction chain recited in Exs. MET-AUS-021 and -022: Orders 20200326-008, 20200507-010, 20200724-18, 20200815-19, 20200930-20, 20201217-022, 20210128-025, 20210330-028, 20210430-029, 20210527-030, 20210730-031. Attaches the CDC declaration form (OMB 0920-1303).