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- Jurisdiction
- Hays County, Texas (county-wide; stricter municipal orders control within city limits) · Austin · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code § 418.108 and ch. 418, as recited
- Issued
- 2020-03-25 Mar. 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-26 11:00 p.m. (read as 2020-03-26)
- End
- 2020-04-10 4:00 a.m. (stated term; extensions of April-June 2020 not in library; the 4th Order of June 18, 2020 'rescind[ed] my previous Executive Orders') (read as 2020-04-10)
- In force
- Mar. 26, 2020 to Apr. 10, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all individuals living within Hays County
- all businesses operating within Hays County
- households with a positive case
- nursing homes, retirement and long-term care facilities
- Functions reached
- CB customer base under stay-home and curfew (San Marcos, Kyle, Buda, Dripping Springs, Wimberley)
- SF/DR/SL premises closed except Essential Businesses
- OF work from home
- WF household isolation orders; curfew
- TR travel prohibited
- HC/VS elder-care visitors barred
- GATH
- Collection
- Austin MET-AUS
Operative words
SECTION 1. STAY AT HOME, WORK SAFE. Effective as of 11 p.m. on March 26, 2020, and continuing until 4 a.m. on April 10, 2020, all individuals currently living within Hays County are ordered to stay at home at their place of residence.... All persons may leave their residences only for Essential Activities, or to provide or perform Essential Governmental Functions, or to operate Essential Businesses, all as defined below. All businesses operating within Hays County, except Essential Businesses as defined in below in Section [4, are required to cease all activities at facilities located within the County except Minimum Basic Operations; businesses may continue operations consisting exclusively of employees performing activities at their own] residences (i.e. working from home).... SECTION 2. TRAVEL. [All travel including by public] transit is prohibited, except for purposes of Essential Activities or to perform or obtain services from an Essential Business, Essential Governmental Function, or Critical Infrastructure... SECTION 6. ADDITIONAL ORDERS i. Quarantine. If someone in a household has tested positive for COVID-19, the entire household is ordered to isolate at home. Members of the household cannot go to work, school, or any other community function.... ii. Elder Care Facilities. Nursing homes, retirement, and long-term care facilities are instructed by this order to prohibit non-essential visitors from accessing their facilities unless to provide critical assistance or for end-of-life visitation. iii. Curfew. Unless conducting or traveling to or from an Essential Activity, work at an Essential Business, or work at an Essential Governmental Function, members of the public shall remain at their residential properties between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4 a.m.
Enforcement
§ 6(vi) Penalty: Sheriff's Office, Constables, Fire Marshal and other peace officers authorized to enforce; 'A person who willfully disregards or conspires to willfully disregard this order is considered to have violated an order authorized by Chapter 418 of the Texas Government Code and is subject to a fine of up to $500 for each violation'
Notes
Essential Businesses include healthcare operations (hospitals, clinics, dentists), CISA critical infrastructure and 'essential manufacturing operations'; Exhibit A requirements for essential businesses (sanitizer at points of public contact, daily cleaning). Recites 11 confirmed cases.
Retrieval noteOrdered March 25, 2020.