The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- City of Austin, Texas · Austin · Texas
- Level
- City
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418, as recited; consistent with GA-18 and GA-21
- Issued
- 2020-05-08 May 8, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-08 11:59 a.m. (read as 2020-05-08)
- End
- 2020-05-30 11:59 p.m. (replaced by Order No. 20200529-012, Ex. MET-AUS-006) (read as 2020-05-30)
- In force
- May 8, 2020 to May 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all individuals
- all businesses
- Reopened Services under GA-21
- hospitals, pharmacies and clinics
- nursing homes and long-term care facilities
- construction industry
- Functions reached
- CB customers under stay-home guidance
- SF/DR reopened services at Governor's occupancy limits with local logs and face-covering behaviors
- OF/EMP workplace behaviors
- WF face coverings; construction site rules
- HC test reporting; long-term care face coverings
- GATH social gatherings minimized
- Collection
- Austin MET-AUS
Operative words
.. the Mayor of the City of Austin deems it in the public interest to issue this Order, effective as of 11:59 a.m. on May 8, 2020, and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on May 30, 2020, unless terminated or modified by a subsequent order.... SECTION 3. Face Covering Behaviors... [all persons over 10 to wear a face covering when outside the residence]... Face coverings are required in all City owned and operated facilities.... No civil or criminal penalty will be imposed for failure to wear a face covering.... [Exhibit] II. Non-essential Business shall cease to the extent that it is not included in the [Governor's reopened services]... SECTION 10. Hospital, Pharmacy, and Clinic Data.... SECTION 11. Restaurant Dine-In and Reopened Service Logs and Privacy...
Enforcement
§ 12: violation is a criminal offense; misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, 'except as otherwise provided herein'; no penalty for failure to wear a face covering (GA-18); enforcement 'substantially reliant on self-regulation'
Notes
Recites GA-16, GA-18, GA-19, GA-20, GA-21 and adopts the Governor's minimum health protocols; construction exhibit (staggered shifts for sites with more than 10 active workers). Companion: Travis County Order 2020-8 (Ex. MET-AUS-041).
Retrieval notePlus exhibits).