{"id":"MET-AUS-053","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Travis County, Texas (public schools, public charter schools and public colleges)","state":"TX","metro":"AUS","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Travis County Commissioners Court","authority":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 121.003, 81.082, 81.084, 81.086, 121.024 and 341.011; Tex. Local Gov\u0027t Code § 81.027; Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.054 and chs. 418 and 791; the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement for Public Health Services","instrument":"Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 17, 2021)","title":"Commissioners Court order adopting the Health Authority\u0027s Emergency Rules and Orders for public schools, charter schools and public colleges in Travis County (issued August 16, 2021, effective through December 10, 2021) as Minimum Standards; non-complying schools declared public health nuisances","dateIssued":"2021-08-17","effective":"2021-08-17 (immediately upon approval; recorded August 18, 2021)","end":"2021-08-24 (renewed and continued by the Resolution and Order of August 24, 2021, Ex. MET-AUS-054; adopted rules effective through December 10, 2021)","startDate":"2021-08-17","endDate":"2021-08-24","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH"],"addressees":["all public schools, public charter schools and public colleges in Travis County","students, staff and visitors over the age of two","principals, responsible staff members and administrators"],"clause":"SECTION 3.... C. The Local Health Authority for Travis County issued Emergency Rules and Orders for public schools, including public charter schools and public colleges, in Travis County on August 16, 2021, and effective through December 10, 2021. A copy of the Emergency Rules and Order for Travis County is attached as Exhibit A. SECTION 4. DECLARATION OF NUISANCE. By this Order and pursuant to its authority under the aforementioned provisions of the Texas Health and Safety Code, the Commissioners Court declares a School that does not follow the Minimum Standards established in this Order as a public health nuisance because it is a place or condition that is a possible and probable medium of COVID-19 transmission in or between humans. SECTION 5. PUBLIC HEALTH NUISANCE. A School that does not comply with Minimum Health Standards described in this Order maintains a public health nuisance that is subject to abatement.... SECTION 7. MINIMUM STANDARDS. Face Covering Applicable to School. A. Students, staff, and visitors over the age of two are required to wear a face covering while on school property or school buses during Stages 3, 4, and 5 as set forth in Austin Public Health\u0027s Risk-Based Chart. In this section, school means all public schools, including public charter schools in Travis County.","enforcement":"SECTION 8. ENFORCEMENT: A. Through a civil suit filed in district court for injunctive relief that requires specific conduct necessary to abate the public health nuisance and prohibits specific conduct that constitutes a public health nuisance; B. the County Attorney authorized to file civil suits; SECTION 9 non-exclusivity","functions":["SCH every public school and college campus in Travis County under masking, backed by nuisance-abatement suits","WF parents","IN/CP campus operations"],"notes":"Recital 12 states that health authorities may impose communicable disease control measures \u0027unless specifically preempted\u0027 - the County\u0027s stated legal position against GA-38. Section 6 \u0027Community Expectations\u0027 encourages sites to incentivize vaccination.","sourceUrl":"","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1007544,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-AUS","url":"/library/MET-AUS-053","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-AUS-053","citation":"Travis County Commissioners Court, Resolution and Order of the Travis County Commissioners Court Mandating Compliance with Local Health Authority Orders and Adopting Criteria for Declaring a Public Health Nuisance (August 17, 2021) (Aug. 17, 2021) (Ex. MET-AUS-053)","stateName":"Texas","related":["MET-AUS-054","MET-AUS-030","MET-AUS-031","MET-AUS-032","MET-AUS-050","MET-AUS-051","MET-AUS-055"]}