{"id":"DUT-TX-012","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.173","instrument":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.173","title":"Penalty for Violation of Emergency Management Plan","dateIssued":"1987-09-01","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"1987-09-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; employers; owners or persons in control of premises; local officials"],"clause":"(a) A state, local, or interjurisdictional emergency management plan may provide that failure to comply with the plan or with a rule, order, or ordinance adopted under the plan is an offense. (b) The plan may prescribe a punishment for the offense but may not prescribe a fine that exceeds $1,000 or confinement in jail for a term that exceeds 180 days.","enforcement":"Fine to $1,000 and confinement to 180 days (the ceiling); as recited in the orders, $1,000 with confinement through May 6, 2020 and a fine only thereafter","functions":[],"notes":"Compliance with every executive order issued under the State emergency management plan on pain of a criminal offense; GA-14 recited that \u0027failure to comply with any executive order issued during the COVID-19 disaster is an offense punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both\u0027 (Ex. TX-008), GA-22 removed confinement from the orders\u0027 recital from May 7, 2020 (Ex. TX-015), GA-28 recited a fine \u0027and may be subject to regulatory enforcement\u0027 (Ex. TX-021), and GA-38 applied the same section to local officials (Ex. TX-036).","sourceUrl":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210124215945/https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.418.htm","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":712065,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-TX","url":"/library/DUT-TX-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-TX-012","citation":"Texas Legislature (Government Code ch. 418), Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.173 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TX-012)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-008","TX-015","TX-021","TX-036","TX-022","DUT-TX-008","DUT-TX-010","DUT-TX-011"]}