The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.012, 418.018(c), 418.173
- Issued
- 2020-03-29 Mar. 29, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-30 12:00 noon (read as 2020-03-30)
- End
- 2020-05-01 12:01 a.m. (rescinded and terminated in its entirety by GA-20) (read as 2020-05-01)
- In force
- Mar. 30, 2020 to May 1, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation
- Addressees
- every person entering Texas by roadway from Louisiana
- DPS
- Functions reached
- TV travel
- DR drivers and routes (Louisiana border screening)
- MK customer visits
- CB Louisiana customers and workers
- Collection
- Texas TX
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
Criminal offense: fine up to $1,000, confinement up to 180 days, or both; DPS checkpoints and unannounced compliance visits
Notes
Exemption for commercial activity as determined by TDEM