The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Harris County, Texas · Houston · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418
- Issued
- 2020-08-26 Aug. 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-08-26
- End
- through the fourteenth day following the expiration of the Governor's final disaster declaration; mandate preempted by GA-34 effective Mar. 10, 2021 and barred by GA-36 from May 21, 2021 (read as 2021-03-10)
- In force
- Aug. 26, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all commercial entities providing goods or services directly to the public
- the public
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Houston MET-HOU
Operative words
The Amended Order Regarding Health and Safety Policy and Face Coverings signed on July 1, 2020 shall be and is hereby extended to through the fourteenth day following the expiration of Governor Greg Abbott's final declaration certifying that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster.
Enforcement
as in the July 1 order (fine up to $1,000 per violation)
Notes
Kept the business mask-policy mandate in force through the winter 2020-21 wave
Retrieval noteOne-page scanned order; OCR read. Same text at readyharris.org County-Orders/Extended-mask-order.pdf.