| Ex. MET-HOU-044 | Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19Mayor's proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelled | Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release) | City of Houston, TexasCity | Mar. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-042 | City of Houston Executive Order: Exercise of Mayor's Emergency Authority During a Local State of DisasterExercise of Mayor's Emergency Authority During a Local State of Disaster | Mayor Sylvester Turner | City of Houston, TexasCity | Mar. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-045 | Release: City Extends Emergency Disaster Declaration; Mayor Turner Cancels City Events Through AprilCity Council indefinitely extends the proclamation of local disaster (15-1); City events cancelled through April | Houston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release) | City of Houston, TexasCity | Mar. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationEvents and venues | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-047 | Release: Mayor Turner Announces Citations Will Be Issued to People Not Wearing Face MasksHPD directed to issue warnings and $250 citations under the State mask order | Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release) | City of Houston, TexasCity | Aug. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirement | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-071 | News release, 'City of Austin Utilities suspends disconnects amid COVID-19' (Mar. 13, 2020)Suspension of all utility disconnects for non-payment (electric, water, wastewater, solid waste) | City of Austin (Mayor Steve Adler; Austin Energy General Manager Jackie Sargent), under the Mayor's Declaration of Local Disaster of March 6, 2020 ratified by the City Council March 12, 2020 | City of Austin Utilities (Austin Energy; Austin Water), Texas (municipally owned utilities)City | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-041 | 'March 11, 2020: Statement from CPS Energy: Update Regarding COVID-19'Suspension of energy disconnects effective immediately | CPS Energy (President and CEO Paula Gold-Williams), 'in partnership with San Antonio's Mayor and City Council' | CPS Energy (City Public Service Board of San Antonio), Texas (municipally owned electric and gas utility)City | Mar. 11, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-012 | Order No. 20200930-20 (Notices to Vacate)Order prohibiting landlords from issuing notices to vacate and taking related actions (supersedes Order No. 20200724-18) | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Sept. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-013 | Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20201215-021Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (gatherings over 10 prohibited; individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for… | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Dec. 15, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-AUS-014 | Order No. 20201223-023 (Stage 5)Stage 5 Order: stay-home urging 10:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.; recommended modified operations for restaurants, retail and schools | Mayor Steve Adler | City of Austin, TexasCity | Dec. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Stay-at-homeCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-HOU-043 | Fourth Amended Order Prohibiting Certain Large Gatherings and Events and Reopening and Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Certain Businesses and City PremisesFourth Amended Order Prohibiting Certain Large Gatherings and Events and Reopening and Imposing Temporary Restrictions on Certain Businesses… | Mayor Sylvester Turner | City of Houston, TexasCity | June 29, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-023 | Eighth Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting GA-26)Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (8th Declaration) | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | June 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declarationCapacity limit | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-049 | Tenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-14, GA-30, GA-31 and the CDC eviction order)Tenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | Sept. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-052 | Eleventh Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-16, GA-29, GA-31, GA-32; curfews; hospital reserve)Eleventh Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 | Mayor Ron Nirenberg | City of San Antonio, TexasCity | Nov. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsCourts and public officesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. DUT-TX-011 | Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.018(c) and 418.108(g)Movement of People; Declaration of Local Disaster (control of movement of persons and occupancy of premises) | Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418) | TexasState | Sept. 1, 1987 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding duty | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-023 | Supplemental Order of County Judge Clay Jenkins on Health and Safety Policies for Businesses and Face CoveringsSupplemental Order on Health and Safety Policies for Businesses and Face Coverings (Aug. 4, 2020) | Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins | Dallas County, TexasCounty | Aug. 4, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirementWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-DFW-034 | Ordinance No. 31521An ordinance providing for a COVID notice of possible eviction by residential landlords before a notice to vacate | Dallas City Council | City of Dallas, TexasCity | Apr. 22, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Other | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MET-SAT-002 | Declaration of Public Health Emergency (declaration of local state of disaster)Declaration of Public Health Emergency | County Judge Nelson W. Wolff | Bexar County, TexasCounty | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Emergency declaration | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-023 | Executive Order GA-30Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster as Texas reopens | Governor Greg Abbott | TexasState | Sept. 17, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q4 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. TX-025 | Executive Order GA-32Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster as Texas reopens | Governor Greg Abbott | TexasState | Oct. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |