The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Tarrant County, Texas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418
- Issued
- 2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-24 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-24)
- End
- 2020-04-07 by its terms; amended Mar. 24 (MET-DFW-043) and Mar. 27 (MET-DFW-044); extended Apr. 3 to Apr. 30 (MET-DFW-046) (read as 2020-04-07)
- In force
- Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 7, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- all persons in Tarrant County
- all businesses
- restaurants and liquor stores
- hospitals and dental offices
- nursing homes
- Functions reached
- CB stay-home
- SF premises closed
- OP
- GATH
- SX/PR
- WF household isolation
- VS
- Collection
- Dallas-Fort Worth MET-DFW
Operative words
7. All businesses operating in Tarrant County, except Essential Businesses as defined below, are required to close to the public. Non-essential businesses may continue Minimum Basic Operations... 8. It is ordered that a restaurant... liquor stores; or microbrewery, micro-distillery, or winery may only provide take out, delivery, or drive-in or drive-through services... 9. All public or private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household are prohibited... 10. All elective medical, surgical, and dental procedures are prohibited anywhere in Tarrant County.... 11. If someone in a household has tested positive for COVID-19, the household is ordered to isolate at home... 12. Nursing homes, retirement, and long-term care facilities are to prohibit non-essential visitors
Enforcement
Gov't Code § 418.173 (fine up to $1,000; confinement up to 180 days)
Notes
Residents may leave only for Essential Travel, to work in Essential Businesses, Government Service or Essential Critical Infrastructure, or Minimum Basic Operations