Order by Hays County Judge Ruben Becerra (1st COVID-19 order; March 17, 2020)

The record

Jurisdiction

Hays County, Texas (county-wide; stricter municipal orders control within city limits) · Austin · Texas

Level

County

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418, as recited

Issued

2020-03-17 Mar. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-03-18 2:00 a.m. (read as 2020-03-18)

End

2020-03-19 (replaced by the 2nd Order of March 19, 2020, Ex. MET-AUS-071; stated term to 5 p.m. May 14, 2020) (read as 2020-03-19)

In force

Mar. 18, 2020 to Mar. 19, 2020

Quarters

2020 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capEvents and venues

Addressees

• the public and event organizers in Hays County

Functions reached

• EVT/GATH weddings, religious gatherings, funerals, sporting events, conferences of 10 or more prohibited
• MK events
• CB

Collection

Austin MET-AUS

Operative words

SECTION 2. Effective as of 2 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 2020, and continuing until 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 14, 2020, unless terminated or modified by subsequent order, the County Judge of Hays County, Texas, deems it in the public interest to PROHIBIT any public or private Community Gatherings (as defined in Section 3, below) anywhere within Hays County.... [Section 3(d): Community Gathering does not include office space or residential buildings, grocery stores and retail, restaurants and bars, hospitals, essential governmental functions, schools, institutes of higher learning.] SECTION 4: That this Order shall be applicable on a County-wide basis, except that a more restrictive order duly-authorized by municipal government within a city's corporate limits shall control within that municipality.

Enforcement

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