{"id":"ECO-C-070","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"C","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 22.0035(b)","instrument":"Misc. Docket No. 21-9079, Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","title":"Fortieth Emergency Order (Aug. 1-Oct. 1, 2021: remote jury proceedings; juror technology access; local plans expire Sept. 1 unless readopted)","dateIssued":"2021-07-19","effective":"2021-08-01","end":"2021-10-01 (superseded by the Forty-Third effective Oct. 1, 2021)","startDate":"2021-08-01","endDate":"2021-10-01","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["CRT","TELE"],"addressees":["all Texas courts","jurors, parties and counsel"],"clause":"Except in a non-binding jury proceeding, a court may not permit or require a petit juror to appear remotely unless the court ensures that all potential and selected petit jurors have access to technology to participate remotely.... This Order is effective August 1, 2021, and expires October 1, 2021, except as otherwise stated herein, unless extended by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.... All previously adopted local plans and minimum standard health protocols will expire on September 1, 2021, unless readopted","enforcement":"Order of the Supreme Court of Texas","functions":["CT","OF","PJ"],"notes":"Q3 2021 instrument: Texas courts operated under emergency modification of jury-related deadlines and procedures through Oct. 1, 2021, with jury-related and pretrial deadline modifications authorized to Jan. 1, 2022.","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1452510/219079.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":179087,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ECO-C","url":"/library/ECO-C-070","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ECO-C-070","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas, Misc. Docket No. 21-9079, Fortieth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster (July 19, 2021) (Ex. ECO-C-070)","stateName":"Texas","related":["ECO-C-069","ECO-C-071"]}