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Galveston County Stay at Home Order

Stay at Home Order

County Judge Mark Henry · Galveston County, Texas (County)

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Jurisdiction
Galveston County, Texas · Houston · Texas
Level
County
Authority
Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418 (local disaster declared Mar. 17, 2020; continued by Commissioners Court Mar. 23, 2020)
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-24)
End
2020-04-03 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-04-03)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to Apr. 3, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capHealth care orders
Addressees
  • all individuals living within Galveston County
  • all businesses
  • health care providers
Functions reached
  • CB
  • SF
  • OF
  • GATH
  • PR elective procedures
  • CH dental care
  • WF
Collection
Houston MET-HOU

Operative words

Effective as of 11:59 p.m. on March 24, 2020, and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on April 3, 2020: (a) All individuals currently living within Galveston County are ordered [to stay at home]... (b) All businesses operating within Galveston County, except Essential Businesses... are required to cease [all activities at facilities]... (c) All public or private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit are prohibited... (f) All elective medical, surgical, and dental procedures are prohibited.

Enforcement

Tex. Gov't Code 418.173

Notes

The only Houston-area county order that itself prohibited elective medical, surgical and dental procedures

Retrieval note

Scanned; OCR read.

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