The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas (Trauma Service Area E), addressed to Tarrant County · Dallas-Fort Worth · Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Executive Order GA-32 (Oct. 7, 2020)
- Effective
- 2020-12-03 (seventh consecutive day above 15 percent per MET-DFW-027) (read as 2020-12-03)
- End
- Until seven consecutive days at or below 15 percent (TSA E listed on the DSHS high-hospitalization list of Jan. 15, 2021, Ex. TX-026) (read as 2021-01-15)
- In force
- Dec. 3, 2020 to Jan. 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitHealth care ordersAlcohol and bars
- Addressees
- Tarrant County Judge; businesses in TSA E; hospitals (GA-31 elective surgeries)
- Functions reached
- DR
- SF
- OF
- PF
- FC
- BA
- SX elective surgeries
- CB
- Collection
- Dallas-Fort Worth MET-DFW
Operative words
the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients in Trauma Service Area E as a percentage of total hospital capacity exceeds 15 percent, making it an area with high hospitalizations as defined above... to return to maximum 50 percent occupancy levels, except in any county that separately qualifies for the greater occupancy levels... discontinue elective surgeries as set forth in Executive Order GA-31
Enforcement
GA-32 and GA-31 (Gov't Code § 418.173)
Notes
A State instrument saved here because it is addressed to the county and fixes the metro's GA-32 status; the operative orders are GA-31 and GA-32 (Exs. TX-024, TX-025)
Retrieval noteLetter undated in the text extract; posted by the county in Dec. 2020.