{"id":"TX-010","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418 (§§ 418.011, 418.012, 418.016(a), 418.018(c), 418.173)","instrument":"Executive Order GA-16","title":"Relating to the safe, strategic reopening of select services as the first step to Open Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2020-04-17","effective":"2020-04-17 (immediately); retail-to-go from 2020-04-24 12:01 a.m.","end":"2020-04-30 11:59 p.m. (superseded by GA-18 on 2020-04-27)","startDate":"2020-04-17","endDate":"2020-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","GATH","TELE","SCH","HC"],"addressees":["every person in Texas","retail businesses","bars, restaurants, gyms, salons","schools (closed for the remainder of 2019-2020)","long-term care facilities"],"clause":"every person in Texas shall, except where necessary to provide or obtain essential services or reopened services, minimize social gatherings and minimize in-person contact with people who are not in the same household.... \u0027Reopened services\u0027 shall consist of: Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, April 24, 2020, retail services that are not \u0027essential services,\u0027 but that may be provided through pickup, delivery by mail, or delivery to the customer\u0027s doorstep in strict compliance with the terms required by DSHS.... all such services should be provided through remote telework from home unless they cannot be provided through remote telework.... schools shall remain temporarily closed to in-person classroom attendance by students and shall not recommence before the end of the 2019-2020 school year.","enforcement":"§ 418.173 (as recited in GA-14); local enforcement; supersedes conflicting local orders that restrict essential or reopened services or allow prohibited gatherings","functions":["SF sales floor (closed; curbside only)","CU curbside and delivery fulfillment (permitted from Apr. 24 under DSHS terms)","OF offices (remote telework mandate continued)","WF workforce (schools closed through end of school year)","DR/BA/FC/SL closures continued"],"notes":"Retail-to-go from April 24, 2020; state parks reopened April 20 under conditions (release, not read); schools closed for remainder of 2019-20 year","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2020/GA-16.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":605199,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-010","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-16 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-010)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-12-GM-005","SEC-12-GM-006","SEC-12-GM-130","SEC-13-GM-015","SEC-20-GM-004","SEC-23-GM-001","SEC-23-GM-002","TX-009","TX-011","TX-012","TX-013","TX-008"]}