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- Jurisdiction
- Harris County, Texas · Houston · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-17 8:00 a.m. (read as 2020-03-17)
- End
- 2020-03-31 11:59 p.m. (amended Mar. 19 to Apr. 3; superseded by Stay Home, Work Safe Mar. 24) (read as 2020-03-31)
- In force
- Mar. 17, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureAlcohol and bars
- Addressees
- restaurants, microbreweries, micro-distilleries, wineries
- bars, nightclubs, lounges, taverns, arcades, private clubs
- Functions reached
- DR dining room
- BA bar
- CB customer base
- WF workforce
- Collection
- Houston MET-HOU
Operative words
Effective as of 8:00 a.m. on March 17, 2020, and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2020... (a) Restaurants with or without drive-in or drive-through services and microbreweries... [may provide only take-out, delivery or drive-through]; (b) Bars, nightclubs, lounges, taverns, or arcades and private clubs shall close.
Enforcement
Harris County Sheriff's Office and other peace officers authorized to enforce
Notes
Joint measure with the City of Houston (Ex. -078); the first closure order in the metro