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Ex. MET-DFW-065 Order Primary source read

Executive Order of Mayor Betsy Price (June 25, 2020)

Executive Order requiring entities providing goods or services to the public to adopt a Health and Safety Policy with face coverings (Fort Worth)

Mayor Betsy Price · City of Fort Worth, Texas (City)

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The record

Jurisdiction
City of Fort Worth, Texas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Texas
Level
City
Authority
Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418; Resolution 5216-04-2020; the Governor's June 17 and June 23, 2020 statements and amendment
Issued
2020-06-25 June 25, 2020
Effective
2020-06-26 6:00 p.m. (read as 2020-06-26)
End
2020-08-03 6:00 a.m. by its terms 'unless extended, modified or terminated early by the Mayor or the City Council'; GA-29 (July 3, 2020) imposed the statewide mandate (read as 2020-08-03)
In force
June 26, 2020 to Aug. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all entities in Fort Worth providing goods or services directly to the public
Functions reached
  • SF
  • DR
  • OP
  • HR
  • WF
  • CB
Collection
Dallas-Fort Worth MET-DFW

Operative words

be It Proclaimed and ORDERED by the Mayor that effective at 6:00 p.m. on June 26, 2020, ('Effective Date') and continuing through 6:00 a.m. on August 3, 2020, unless extended, modified or terminated early by the Mayor or the City Council that: 1. [entities providing goods or services directly to the public must develop and implement a Health and Safety Policy requiring face coverings]

Enforcement

Gov't Code § 418.173 (as the parallel Tarrant order, MET-DFW-048)

Notes

Scan; OCR read (pages 1-2). Parallels Tarrant County's order of the same date; recites GA-16's suspension of §§ 418.1015(b) and 418.108 and the Governor's June 17, 2020 statement that local governments can require businesses to require masks