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Ex. MET-DFW-027 Order Primary source read

Release: COVID-19 Hospitalizations for Trauma Service Area E Triggers Mandatory Capacity Reductions

TSA E high-hospitalization notice (Dec. 3, 2020)

Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins (release) · Dallas County, Texas (Trauma Service Area E) (County)

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Jurisdiction
Dallas County, Texas (Trauma Service Area E) · Dallas-Fort Worth · Texas
Level
County
Authority
Executive Order GA-32 ¶ (high-hospitalization areas); DSHS determination
Issued
2020-12-03 Dec. 3, 2020
Effective
2020-12-03
End
Until seven consecutive days at or below 15 percent (TSA E remained listed into 2021; Ex. TX-026) (read as 2021-03-31)
In force
Dec. 3, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Business closureCapacity limitAlcohol and bars
Addressees
  • restaurants, retail stores, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, gyms, museums, libraries in TSA E
  • bars
Functions reached
  • DR
  • SF
  • OF
  • PF
  • FC
  • BA
  • CB
Collection
Dallas-Fort Worth MET-DFW

Operative words

Businesses whose occupancy rates were increased to 75% in October through GA-32 are immediately reduced back to 50%. This includes all restaurants, retail stores, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, gyms and exercise facilities and classes, museums, and libraries in Dallas County and the other counties comprising TSA-E.

Enforcement

GA-32 (Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173)

Notes

Documents the State-order rollback as applied in the metro; the DSHS letter to Tarrant County (MET-DFW-051) is the companion

Retrieval note

A county release describing the operation of a State order; the operative instrument is GA-32 (Ex. TX-025).