Executive Order GA-16

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas

Level

State

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418 (§§ 418.011, 418.012, 418.016(a), 418.018(c), 418.173)

Issued

2020-04-17 Apr. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-04-17 (immediately); retail-to-go from 2020-04-24 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-04-17)

End

2020-04-30 11:59 p.m. (superseded by GA-18 on 2020-04-27) (read as 2020-04-30)

In force

Apr. 17, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateGathering capSchools and child careHealth care orders

Addressees

• every person in Texas
• retail businesses
• bars, restaurants, gyms, salons
• schools (closed for the remainder of 2019-2020)
• long-term care facilities

Functions reached

• SF sales floor (closed; curbside only)
• CU curbside and delivery fulfillment (permitted from Apr. 24 under DSHS terms)
• OF offices (remote telework mandate continued)
• WF workforce (schools closed through end of school year)
• DR/BA/FC/SL closures continued

Collection

Texas TX

Operative words

every person in Texas shall, except where necessary to provide or obtain essential services or reopened services, minimize social gatherings and minimize in-person contact with people who are not in the same household.... 'Reopened services' shall consist of: Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, April 24, 2020, retail services that are not 'essential services,' but that may be provided through pickup, delivery by mail, or delivery to the customer's doorstep in strict compliance with the terms required by DSHS.... all such services should be provided through remote telework from home unless they cannot be provided through remote telework.... schools shall remain temporarily closed to in-person classroom attendance by students and shall not recommence before the end of the 2019-2020 school year.

Enforcement

Notes