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Ex. MET-AUS-044 Order Primary source read

County Judge Order 2020-21, Relating to the COVID-19 Community Restrictions

COVID-19 Community Restrictions Order (gatherings over 10 prohibited; face coverings; business Health and Safety Policies; December 16, 2020 through February 16, 2021)

Travis County Judge Samuel T. Biscoe (signature page not read; Judge Biscoe held office until Judge Andy Brown's succession in November 2020 - Judge Brown signed the December 23 order) · Travis County, Texas (all cities and municipalities within the county listed in Exhibit A) (County)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Travis County, Texas (all cities and municipalities within the county listed in Exhibit A) · Austin · Texas
Level
County
Authority
Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418 and § 418.108(g), as recited; incorporates GA-29 and GA-32
Issued
2020-12-15 Dec. 15, 2020
Effective
2020-12-16 12:00 a.m. (read as 2020-12-16)
End
2021-02-16 11:59 p.m. (stated term; successor county community-restrictions order not in library) (read as 2021-02-16)
In force
Dec. 16, 2020 to Feb. 16, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Emergency declarationCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all individuals living within Travis County
  • businesses that provide goods or services directly to the public
  • venues
Functions reached
  • GATH gatherings over 10 prohibited county-wide
  • WF/CB face coverings (per the order's recital of its own content in Ex. MET-AUS-046)
  • EMP business Health and Safety Policies (per Ex. MET-AUS-046 recital)
  • EMER continues the declaration
Collection
Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

Effective as of 12:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 16, 2020 ('Effective Date'), and continuing through 11:59 p.m., Tuesday, February 16, 2021, unless extended, modified, or terminated early by the Travis County Judge or as otherwise indicated below: 1. Public Health Emergency. That this Order shall continue the local disaster declaration and public health emergency for Travis County... and shall incorporate and adopt the most recent orders issued by Governor Greg Abbott, including GA-32 issued October 7, 2020, and GA-29 issued July 2, 2020... 2. Gatherings. Any gatherings that exceed 10 people are hereby PROHIBITED, except as permitted by current Governor's Proclamations and Orders. 3. Pursuant to the Governor's Order GA-32, there is no occupancy limit for the following: a. any services listed by [CISA]...; b. religious services conducted in churches, congregations, and houses of worship; c. local government operations, including... licensing (including marriage licenses), permitting, recordation, and document-filing services... [Recital:] on August 14, 2020, the County Judge issued Order 2020-16, effective August 16, 2020, prohibiting any gatherings in excess of 10 people, requiring face coverings, except as permitted by the Governor's orders, and for businesses that provide goods or services directly to the public to develop and implement a Health and Safety Policy related to preventing the transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

Enforcement

Not read (pp. 3-28 not rendered); ch. 418 order; the December 23 order recites that more than one thousand businesses had been inspected after Austin 311 reports and that citations had been issued

Notes

The county instrument in force on the last day of 2020 Q4 and first day of 2021 Q1; Ex. MET-AUS-046 recites that this order required 'face coverings' and 'a Health and Safety Policy' of every public-facing business. Recites Risk Stage 4 with 47 daily hospitalizations and the expected move to Stage 5.

Retrieval note

Image-only PDF (28 pp.; recording no. 2020244555); pages 1-2 rendered and read.

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