{"id":"TX-011","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418; DSHS minimum standard health protocols incorporated","instrument":"Executive Order GA-18 (Apr. 27, 2020), para. 2(i)","title":"Relating to the expanded reopening of services as part of the safe, strategic plan to Open Texas in response to the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2020-04-27","effective":"2020-04-27 (immediately); reopened services from 2020-05-01 12:01 a.m.","end":"2020-05-15 11:59 p.m. (superseded by GA-21 on 2020-05-05)","startDate":"2020-04-27","endDate":"2020-05-15","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["STAY","CLOSE","CAP","GATH","TELE","SCH","HC","MASK"],"addressees":["every person in Texas","retail, restaurants, movie theaters, malls, museums and libraries","bars, gyms, pools, bowling alleys, arcades, massage, tattoo, salons (remain closed)","offices","local governments","schools"],"clause":"Starting at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, May 1, 2020: a) In-store retail services, for retail establishments that operate at up to 25 percent of the total listed occupancy of the retail establishment. b) Dine-in restaurant services, for restaurants that operate at up to 25 percent of the total listed occupancy of the restaurant; provided, however, that (a) this applies only to restaurants that have less than 51 percent of their gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages... c) Movie theaters that operate at up to 25 percent... d) Shopping malls that operate at up to 25 percent... food-court dining areas, play areas, and interactive displays and settings must remain closed. e) Museums and libraries... 25 percent... g) Services provided by an individual working alone in an office. h) Golf course operations. i) Local government operations, including county and municipal governmental operations relating to permitting, recordation, and document-filing services, as determined by the local government.... People shall avoid visiting bars, gyms, public swimming pools, interactive amusement venues such as bowling alleys and video arcades, massage establishments, tattoo studios, piercing studios, or cosmetology salons.... Individuals are encouraged to wear appropriate face coverings, but no jurisdiction can impose a civil or criminal penalty for failure to wear a face covering.","enforcement":"§ 418.173; DSHS minimum standard health protocols (Ex. TX-043); supersedes local orders that restrict essential or reopened services, allow prohibited gatherings, \u0027or expand the list of essential services or the list or scope of reopened services\u0027","functions":["SF sales floor 25%","DR dining room 25%","ML malls 25% (food courts closed)","PE theaters 25%","OF offices (single person only)","CT local permitting and recording offices (reopening at local option)","BA bars closed","FC gyms closed","SL salons closed","GATH"],"notes":"Phase I: 25 percent occupancy (50 percent in counties attesting to five or fewer cases); counties with rising cases could be returned to essential-only by proclamation; the first express preemption of local face-covering penalties","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2020/GA-18.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":649164,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-011","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-18 (Apr. 27, 2020), para. 2(i) (Ex. TX-011)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-065","AGY-ST-DMV-SOS-RECORDERS-072","TX-043","DUT-TX-020","SEC-14-GM-009","SEC-14-GM-010","SEC-14-GM-019","SEC-14-GM-023","SEC-16-GM-030","SEC-23-GM-001","SEC-23-GM-002","TX-012"]}