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Ex. ECO-C-067 Order Primary source read

Misc. Docket No. 20-9135, Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order Regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster

Twenty-Ninth Emergency Order (no justice or municipal court jury proceedings before Feb. 1, 2021; district-court jury proceedings only under approved plans; Texas Eviction Diversion Program)

Supreme Court of Texas · Texas (Court)

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Jurisdiction
Texas
Level
Court
Authority
Tex. Gov't Code § 22.0035(b)
Issued
2020-11-11 Nov. 11, 2020
Effective
2020-11-11
End
Feb. 1, 2021 (superseded by the Thirty-Third) (read as 2021-02-01)
In force
Nov. 11, 2020 to Feb. 1, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q42021 Q1
Limitation types
Gathering capCourts and public offices
Addressees
  • all Texas courts
  • jurors, parties, counsel
  • landlords and tenants (eviction diversion)
Functions reached
  • CT
  • OF
  • PJ
  • PM
Collection
Travel, gatherings, courts and public offices ECO-C

Operative words

A justice or municipal court must not hold an in-person jury proceeding, including jury selection or a jury trial, prior to February 1.... A district court, statutory or constitutional county court, or statutory probate court must not conduct an in-person jury proceeding [unless] the local administrative district judge... has submitted a plan... [and] the court has obtained prior approval

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Order of the Supreme Court of Texas

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