{"id":"SEC-12-036","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"12","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas (with the Court of Criminal Appeals)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 22.0035(b)","instrument":"First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042","title":"First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"2020-05-08 (renewed and expanded by successive orders through 2021 and 2022)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2020-05-08","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all courts in Texas","the bar"],"clause":"all courts in Texas may in any case, civil or criminal... a. Modify or suspend any and all deadlines and procedures... [allow or require anyone involved in any hearing, deposition, or other proceeding of any kind] to participate remotely, such as by teleconferencing, videoconferencing, or other means... 4. This Order is effective as of March 13, 2020, and expires May 8, 2020, unless extended","enforcement":"Supreme Court order","functions":["CT"],"notes":"The first of more than fifty emergency orders; see SEC-12-085 for the order in force in Q3 2021","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1446056/209042.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":411429,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-12","url":"/library/SEC-12-036","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-12-036","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas (with the Court of Criminal Appeals), First Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster, Misc. Docket No. 20-9042 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-036)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-12-085","SEC-12-GM-122"]}