Executive Order GA-34

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas

Level

State

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.011, 418.012, 418.016(a)

Issued

2021-03-02 Mar. 2, 2021

Effective

2021-03-10 12:01 a.m. (read as 2021-03-10)

End

2021-07-29 (superseded and rescinded by GA-38, which 'supersedes all pre-existing COVID-19-related executive orders and rescinds them in their entirety, except... GA-13 or GA-37'); ¶¶ 1(b) and 2(c)(iii) superseded earlier by GA-36 on 2021-05-18 (read as 2021-07-29)

In force

Mar. 10, 2021 to July 29, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Capacity limitFace-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther

Addressees

• every business or other establishment
• every jurisdiction (no face-covering mandates)
• county judges in high-hospitalization Trauma Service Areas
• long-term care facilities
• public schools

Functions reached

• ends statewide CAP for all sectors
• ends MASK mandate
• authorizes county-judge mitigation to 50% in high-hospitalization TSAs
• SCH continues under TEA protocols (masks in schools to June 4, 2021)
• VS long-term care under HHSC guidance

Collection

Texas TX

Operative words

1. In all counties not in an area with high hospitalizations as defined below: a. there are no COVID-19-related operating limits for any business or other establishment; and b. individuals are strongly encouraged to wear face coverings... but no person may be required by any jurisdiction to wear or to mandate the wearing of a face covering.... 2. In any county located in an area with high hospitalizations as defined above: a. there are no state-imposed COVID-19-related operating limits for any business or other establishment; b. there is no state-imposed requirement to wear a face covering; and c. the county judge may use COVID-19-related mitigation strategies; provided, however, that: i. business and other establishments may not be required to operate at less than 50 percent of total occupancy...; ii. no jurisdiction may impose confinement in jail as a penalty...; and iii. no jurisdiction may impose a penalty of any kind for failure to wear a face covering or failure to mandate that customers or employees wear face coverings... 5. Nursing homes, state supported living centers, assisted living facilities, and long-term care facilities should follow guidance from [HHSC] regarding visitations... 6. Public schools may operate as provided by, and under the minimum standard health protocols found in, guidance issued by the Texas Education Agency.... 8. Executive Orders GA-17, GA-25, GA-29, and GA-31 are rescinded in their entirety.

Enforcement

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