{"id":"TX-023","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418 (§ 418.016(a) suspensions)","instrument":"Executive Order GA-30","title":"Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster as Texas reopens","dateIssued":"2020-09-17","effective":"2020-09-21 12:01 a.m.","end":"2020-10-14 12:01 a.m. (superseded by GA-32)","startDate":"2020-09-21","endDate":"2020-10-14","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["CAP","CLOSE","ALC","GATH","EVT","HC","SCH","EMP"],"addressees":["every business establishment","in-store non-CISA retail, dine-in restaurants, non-CISA office buildings, non-CISA manufacturers, museums and libraries, gyms (75% outside high-hospitalization areas)","bars (closed)","outdoor gatherings over 10","long-term care facilities","schools"],"clause":"Every business establishment in Texas shall operate at no more than 50 percent of the total listed occupancy of the establishment; provided, however, that... 2. The following types of business establishments may operate at up to 75 percent of the total listed occupancy of the establishment, except for those establishments in areas with high hospitalizations as defined below: a. in-store, non-CISA retail establishments; b. dine-in restaurants...; c. non-CISA office buildings; d. non-CISA manufacturers; e. museums and libraries; and f. gyms and exercise facilities and classes. \u0027Areas with high hospitalizations\u0027 means any Trauma Service Area that has had seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of all hospitalized patients exceeds 15 percent... 6. For any outdoor gathering in excess of 10 people... the gathering is prohibited unless the mayor... or the county judge... approves... 8. People shall not visit bars or similar establishments that hold a permit from [TABC] and are not restaurants... 13.... people shall not be in groups larger than 10 and shall maintain six feet of social distancing from those not in their group.... 17. People may visit nursing homes, state supported living centers, assisted living facilities, or long-term care facilities as determined through guidance from [HHSC].","enforcement":"§ 418.173 (fine); TABC; preemption clause; DSHS list at www.dshs.texas.gov/ga3031","functions":["SF retail 75%/50%","DR restaurants 75%/50%","OF non-CISA office buildings 75%/50%","PF non-CISA manufacturers 75%/50%","FC gyms 75%/50%","BA bars closed","GATH outdoor \u003e10 requires local approval; groups over 10 barred","VS long-term care visitation reopened only per HHSC guidance","EVT"],"notes":"Introduces the Trauma Service Area \u0027high hospitalizations\u0027 trigger that became the winter 2020-21 re-tightening mechanism; bars remain closed statewide","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2020/GA-30.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":609514,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-023","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-30 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-023)","stateName":"Texas","related":["DUT-TX-020","SEC-03-GM-020","SEC-03-GM-046","SEC-04-GM-013","SEC-04-GM-025","SEC-04-GM-031","SEC-04-GM-032","SEC-04-GM-034","SEC-06-GM-019","SEC-06-GM-036","SEC-08-GM-020","SEC-08-GM-021"]}