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- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418
- Issued
- 2020-05-18 May 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-18 (immediately); restaurants 50% and bars 25% from 2020-05-22 12:01 a.m.; Deaf Smith, El Paso, Moore, Potter and Randall counties delayed to 2020-05-29; youth camps and no-spectator professional sports 2020-05-31 (read as 2020-05-18)
- End
- 2020-06-03 (superseded by GA-26) (read as 2020-06-03)
- In force
- May 18, 2020 to June 3, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
- Addressees
- every person in Texas
- restaurants and bars (TABC permittees)
- offices
- manufacturing
- gyms
- child-care services
- massage, tattoo, personal care
- bowling alleys, bingo halls, skating rinks, aquariums, zoos, rodeos
- professional sports leagues
- youth camps and sports
- Functions reached
- OF offices greater of ten or 25% of workforce
- PF manufacturing 25%
- DR dining 50% from May 22
- BA bars 25% from May 22
- EC child care reopened May 18
- AM bowling, bingo, rinks, aquariums 25%
- SP professional sports without spectators
- FC gyms 25%
- GATH
- SF retail 25%
- Collection
- Texas TX
Operative words
14. Non-CISA services provided by office workers in offices that operate at up to the greater of (i) ten individuals, or (ii) 25 percent of the total office workforce... 15. Non-CISA manufacturing services, for facilities that operate at up to 25 percent of the total listed occupancy... 17. Starting immediately for all Texas counties except Deaf Smith, El Paso, Moore, Potter, and Randall counties:... c. Child-care services other than youth camps... 18. Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, May 22, 2020...: a. Dine-in restaurant services, for restaurants that operate at up to 50 percent of the total listed occupancy... b. Bars and similar establishments... that hold a permit from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission... at up to 25 percent of the total listed occupancy... 21. Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, May 31, 2020...: a. Professional basketball, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, football, and car racing events, with no spectators physically present on the premises of the venue, as approved on a league-by-league basis by DSHS.
Enforcement
§ 418.173 (fine); DSHS minimum standard health protocols; preemption clause; county attestation for 50 percent
Notes
Phase II; the Panhandle and El Paso counties held back to May 29 because of case surges