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- Jurisdiction
- Denton County, Texas · Dallas-Fort Worth · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code § 418.108(a); Texas Disaster Act of 1975
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13 (immediately) (read as 2020-03-13)
- End
- Renewed by the Commissioners Court Mar. 17, 2020 'until cancelled' (MET-DFW-074) (read as 2020-06-30)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to June 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declarationGathering cap
- Addressees
- Denton County
- organizers of gatherings over 250
- Functions reached
- predicate
- GATH (recommendation)
- Collection
- Dallas-Fort Worth MET-DFW
Operative words
A local state of disaster is hereby declared for Denton County, pursuant to § 418.108(a) of the Texas Government Code... Recommend the postponement or cancellation of all large gatherings over 250 people. In accordance with Texas Government Code 418.173, a person who knowingly or intentionally violates this order commits an offense, punishable by a fine up to $1000.00 or confinement in jail for a term that does not exceed 180 days
Enforcement
Gov't Code § 418.173 (fine up to $1,000; confinement up to 180 days) (recited)
Notes