{"id":"TX-031","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.012, 418.016(a), 418.018(c), 418.173","instrument":"Executive Order GA-36","title":"Relating to the prohibition of governmental entities and officials from mandating face coverings or restricting activities in response to the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2021-05-18","effective":"2021-05-18 (immediately); fines from 2021-05-21 11:59 p.m.; public schools may keep TEA mask policies until 2021-06-04 11:59 p.m.","end":"2021-07-29 (restated in GA-38 ¶ 4 and rescinded)","startDate":"2021-05-18","endDate":"2021-07-29","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["MASK","SCH","OTHER"],"addressees":["every governmental entity (county, city, school district, public health authority) and official","Texas Education Agency"],"clause":"1. No governmental entity, including a county, city, school district, and public health authority, and no governmental official may require any person to wear a face covering or to mandate that another person wear a face covering... 2. Notwithstanding the above, public schools may continue to follow policies regarding the wearing of face coverings to the extent reflected in current guidance by the Texas Education Agency, until June 4, 2021. The Texas Education Agency shall revise its guidance such that, effective 11:59 p.m. on June 4, 2021, no student, teacher, parent, or other staff member or visitor may be required to wear a face covering.... the imposition of any such face-covering requirement by a local governmental entity or official constitutes a \u0027failure to comply with\u0027 this executive order that is subject to a fine up to $1,000, beginning at 11:59 p.m. on May 21, 2021.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.173 fine up to $1,000 on the local governmental entity or official; suspension of Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.1015(b), 418.108, Health \u0026 Safety Code ch. 81 subch. E and chs. 121, 122, 341, Local Gov\u0027t Code ch. 54","functions":["preemption of local MASK orders for all sectors","SCH school mask policies ended June 4, 2021 (in force in the 2020-21 school year through that date)"],"notes":"Confirms that TEA-guided school mask policies had force through June 4, 2021; GA-34 ¶ 4 still permits private businesses to require masks of employees and customers","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2021/GA-36.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1010077,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-031","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-031","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-36 (May 18, 2021) (Ex. TX-031)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-08-GM-020","SEC-08-GM-021","SEC-09-GM-033","SEC-09-GM-034","SEC-16-GM-017","SEC-16-GM-028","SEC-23-GM-004","SEC-23-GM-017","TX-030","TX-029","TX-035","TX-036"]}