The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Harris County, Texas · Houston · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code 418.108(g), 418.1015, 418.018
- Issued
- 2020-04-22 Apr. 22, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-04-27 (30 days) (read as 2020-04-27)
- End
- amended 2020-04-28 after GA-18 barred local penalties (read as 2020-04-28)
- In force
- Apr. 27, 2020 to Apr. 28, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirement
- Addressees
- all persons over the age of ten
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Houston MET-HOU
Operative words
When leaving one's residence and when in a public place all persons over the age of ten (10) shall wear some form of face covering that covers the nose and mouth.
Enforcement
fine up to $1,000 (recited in the Apr. 28 amended order and in the Supreme Court's opinion, Ex. -061)
Notes
First mask mandate in Texas' largest county; converted to a recommendation Apr. 28, 2020