{"id":"MET-HOU-044","kind":"order","level":"city","jurisdiction":"City of Houston, Texas","state":"TX","metro":"HOU","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.108","instrument":"Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19","title":"Mayor\u0027s proclamation of a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency; Rodeo closed; City events cancelled","dateIssued":"2020-03-11","effective":"2020-03-11","end":"extended indefinitely Mar. 17, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-11","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","EVT"],"addressees":["Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo","City-sponsored, produced and permitted events"],"clause":"Mayor Sylvester Turner today signed a proclamation declaring a Local State of Disaster Due to a Public Health Emergency... As a result of the emergency order, the Houston Livestock Show \u0026 Rodeo will close down immediately and city-sponsored, produced and permitted events will be postponed or cancelled through the end of March.","enforcement":"","functions":["EVT events","MK","LG lodging demand","CB"],"notes":"The proclamation itself was not archived; the City\u0027s release is the record of its issuance and effect","sourceUrl":"http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/2020/public-health-emergency-declared-covid-19.html","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200401230505/http://www.houstontx.gov/mayor/press/2020/public-health-emergency-declared-covid-19.html","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":804079,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-HOU","url":"/library/MET-HOU-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-HOU-044","citation":"Mayor Sylvester Turner (Office of the Mayor release), Release: Mayor Sylvester Turner and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo Declare Public Health Emergency Due to COVID-19 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. MET-HOU-044)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-06-GM-017","SEC-06-GM-037","SEC-06-GM-038","SEC-06-GM-049","SEC-09-GM-010","SEC-22-GM-023","SEC-23-GM-001","SEC-23-GM-002","SEC-23-GM-008","SEC-26-GM-005","MET-HOU-078","MET-HOU-046"]}