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13,511 instruments indexed by The COVID Project: the orders of the fifty States and the District, forty metros, the federal layer and the agencies; the standing duties; the organizers' notices; the legal authorities. Filter by kind, State, limitation type, quarter and more; open the exhibit; download what you find.

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Ex. MET-HOU-044Release: 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 cancelledMayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)City of Houston, TexasCityMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-HOU-042City 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 DisasterMayor Sylvester TurnerCity of Houston, TexasCityMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read
Ex. MET-HOU-045Release: 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 AprilHouston City Council and Mayor (Office of the Mayor release)City of Houston, TexasCityMar. 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationEvents and venuesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-071News 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, 2020City of Austin Utilities (Austin Energy; Austin Water), Texas (municipally owned utilities)CityMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-041'March 11, 2020: Statement from CPS Energy: Update Regarding COVID-19'Suspension of energy disconnects effective immediatelyCPS 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)CityMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationOtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-021Order No. 20210527-030 (Notices to Vacate)Order prohibiting and conditioning notices to vacate and evictions, May 1 through August 1, 2021 (supersedes Order No. 20210430-029)Mayor Steve AdlerCity of Austin, TexasCityMay 27, 20212021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-AUS-017Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order No. 20210216-026Stay Home, Mask, and Otherwise Be Safe Order (individual face coverings; mandatory face-covering policies for business establishments; City…Mayor Steve AdlerCity of Austin, TexasCityFeb. 16, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-023Eighth Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting GA-26)Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (8th Declaration)Mayor Ron NirenbergCity of San Antonio, TexasCityJune 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationCapacity limitPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-060Thirteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19 (adopting NW-20, GA-34, the CDC eviction order and the CDC conveyance mask order)Thirteenth Addendum to 8th Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19Mayor Ron NirenbergCity of San Antonio, TexasCityMar. 9, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersCourts and public officesWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. DUT-TX-011Tex. 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)TexasStateSept. 1, 19872020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyStay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitTravel and quarantineStanding dutyPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-034Ordinance No. 31521An ordinance providing for a COVID notice of possible eviction by residential landlords before a notice to vacateDallas City CouncilCity of Dallas, TexasCityApr. 22, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3OtherPrimary source read
Ex. MET-DFW-036Ordinance No. 31866, Rescission of the March 4, 2021 Emergency Regulations for Wearing Face Coverings in City Buildings and Facilities (Ordinance No. 31792)Rescission of Ordinance 31792 (face coverings in city buildings), effective May 21, 2021Dallas City Council; Emergency Management Director Eric JohnsonCity of Dallas, TexasCityMay 19, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementPrimary source read
Ex. MET-SAT-002Declaration of Public Health Emergency (declaration of local state of disaster)Declaration of Public Health EmergencyCounty Judge Nelson W. WolffBexar County, TexasCountyMar. 13, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationPrimary source read

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