Executive Order GA-12

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas

Level

State

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418, §§ 418.012,.016,.018; Disaster Proclamation of Mar. 13, 2020

Issued

2020-03-29 Mar. 29, 2020

Effective

2020-03-30 noon (read as 2020-03-30)

End

Narrowed by GA-20 (Apr. 27, 2020); terminated by GA-24 (May 21, 2020) (read as 2020-04-27)

In force

Mar. 30, 2020 to Apr. 27, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation

Addressees

• every person entering Texas through roadways from Louisiana
• Texas Department of Public Safety

Functions reached

• DR (DPS screening of every vehicle entering from Louisiana on I-10, I-20 and State highways; the commercial exception applied on DPS determination)
• DS (Gulf Coast and Louisiana lanes)
• CB (Louisiana-based customers and drivers)

Collection

Logistics, Warehousing and Wholesale SEC-11

Operative words

Every person who enters the State of Texas through roadways from Louisiana, or from any other state as may be proclaimed hereafter, shall be subject to mandatory self-quarantine for a period of 14 days from the time of entry into Texas or the duration of the person's presence in Texas, whichever is shorter.... This order to self-quarantine shall not apply to people traveling in connection with commercial activity, military service, emergency response, health response, or critical-infrastructure functions, as may be determined by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.... The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) shall enforce this executive order along the Texas-Louisiana border.

Enforcement

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