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Ex. MET-AUS-032Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules effective August 21, 2021 (amending the rule of August 17, 2021)Health Authority Rules (face coverings in public schools, public charter schools and public colleges during Stages 3, 4 and 5; effective…Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Desmar Walkes)City of Austin, TexasCityAug. 20, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-054Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Continued Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 24, 2021)Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority's Emergency Rules and Orders for schools and colleges issued August 23, 2021…Travis County Commissioners CourtTravis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges)CountyAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-055Amended Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Adopting New Policies, Procedures and Requirements Concerning the Wearing of Face Coverings in Designated Travis County Facilities (August 24, 2021)Face coverings required of County employees and members of the public entering or inside designated Travis County facilities (amending…Travis County Commissioners CourtTravis County, Texas (designated County facilities)CountyAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-063Release: Texas Attorney General Admits He Cannot Enforce Governor's Mask Mandate ProhibitionHarris County Attorney release on the Attorney General's court filingsHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-052Executive Order GA-39Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates and vaccine passportsGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Vaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-08-GM-021State Fair of Texas release, 'State Fair of Texas Health and Safety Briefing: 30 Days Until the Fair' (Aug. 25, 2021)State Fair of Texas 2020 and 2021, with the Texas Auto Show held inside the fair ('the only fair in the United States to include a full auto…State Fair of Texas (board of directors)Dallas (Fair Park), TXOrganizerAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Organizer noticePrimary source read
Ex. TX-037Executive Order GA-39Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates and vaccine passports subject to legislative actionGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateAug. 25, 20212021 Q3Vaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-071In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720, order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court's August 19, 2021 orderIn re Greg Abbott, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of Texas, No. 21-0720 (stay order)Supreme Court of TexasSupreme Court of TexasCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-046Stay order, In re Greg Abbott, No. 21-0720 (Tex. Aug. 26, 2021) (Fourth Court of Appeals' order maintaining the Bexar County temporary injunction)Order granting emergency motion for temporary relief and staying the Fourth Court of Appeals' Rule 29.3 order of August 19, 2021Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtAug. 26, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-062Release: Travis County Court Grants Temporary Injunction in Favor of Harris County in Mask Mandate LawsuitHarris County Attorney release on the Aug. 27, 2021 temporary injunctionHarris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee (release)Harris County, TexasCountyAug. 27, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. TX-038Proclamation renewing the COVID-19 disaster declarationA proclamation renewing the declaration stating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) poses an imminent threat of disaster for all counties in…Governor Greg AbbottTexasStateAug. 29, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-048Message to the HISD community on virtual instruction (Aug. 19, 2021)Temporary virtual instruction for quarantined students; virtual academy for immunocompromised students under twelve from August 30, 2021Superintendent Millard House IIHouston Independent School District, TexasCityAug. 19, 20212021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Schools and child careQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-042News release, 'After more than a year of suspending disconnects for nonpayment, CPS Energy will resume normal billing operations in September' (July 28, 2021)Disconnection suspension since March 2020 to end in September 2021, beginning with large and industrial commercial customers; late fees…CPS EnergyCPS Energy (San Antonio), TexasCityJuly 28, 20212021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)OtherPrimary source read
Ex. TX-053Public Health Guidance, 2021-22 school year (version of September 2, 2021; earlier versions Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021)Public Health Guidance (September 2, 2021)Texas Education Agency (TEA)TexasSector regulatorSept. 2, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-022Commissioner's Bulletin # B-0020-21Lifting of COVID-19 statutory suspensionsCommissioner of InsuranceTexas; Texas Department of InsuranceSector regulatorJuly 22, 20212021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOtherPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-12-086Forty-Second Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9118Forty-Second Emergency Order (renewing the Thirty-Ninth Emergency Order on the Texas Eviction Diversion Program)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-049Message to the HISD community on the mask mandate and the Travis County injunction (Sept. 27, 2021)Mask mandate continues under a temporary injunction authorizing the District to keep requiring masks at all campuses, facilities and busesSuperintendent Millard House IIHouston Independent School District, TexasCitySept. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-095Order denying Appellant-Intervenors' Rule 29.3 Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief, Abbott v. Jenkins, No. 05-21-00733-CVFifth Court of Appeals order refusing to stop enforcement of the Dallas and Richardson ISD face-covering rules (Sept. 27, 2021)Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (Justices Osborne, Pedersen and Nowell)Texas (Fifth Court of Appeals, Dallas)CourtSept. 27, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-055Eighth Amended Declaration of Local Disaster and Renewal of SameEighth Amended Declaration of Local Disaster (Sept. 29, 2021; renewed through Nov. 23, 2021)Tarrant County Judge and Commissioners CourtTarrant County, TexasCountySept. 29, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-054Second Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanSecond Re-Adoption of the COVID-19 Operating PlanHarris County Local Administrative District JudgeHarris County, Texas (all courts)CourtSept. 30, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-079Harris County 'COVID-19 County Judge Orders' index (49 orders, March 11, 2020 - August 17, 2021), captured Sept. 30, 2021COVID-19 County Judge Orders indexHarris County Commissioners Court (agenda site)Harris County, TexasCountySept. 30, 2021OtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-C-071Misc. Docket No. 21-9119, Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterForty-Third Emergency Order (Oct. 1-Dec. 1, 2021)Supreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 20212021 Q3Telework mandateCourts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-073Health Advisory (schools) replacing the Health Directive of August 10, 2021Bexar County Health Authority Health Advisory, October 1, 2021C. Junda Woo, MD, MPH, Local Health AuthorityBexar County and City of San Antonio (Local Health Authority)CountyOct. 1, 2021Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. TX-065Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 21-9119Forty-Third Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of DisasterSupreme Court of TexasTexasCourtSept. 21, 2021Courts and public officesPrimary source read
Ex. TX-039Executive Order GA-40Relating to prohibiting vaccine mandates, subject to legislative actionGovernor Greg AbbottTexasStateOct. 11, 2021Vaccination or testingPrimary source read

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