The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Williamson County, Texas · Austin · Texas
- Level
- County
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418, § 418.108(b) and (h), § 418.173 (penalty), as recited; the Stay Home Stay Safe Order of March 24, 2020
- Effective
- Immediately on adoption
- End
- Co-terminous with the Stay Home Stay Safe Order of March 24, 2020 'as may be modified' (the county stay-home order's end date is not in the exhibits; GA-14/GA-18 governed from April 2 and May 1, 2020) (read as 2020-03-24)
- In force
- No start date could be read from the record.
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- golf course owners and golf course management companies in Williamson County
- golfers
- Functions reached
- FC/AM golf facilities: pro shops, clubhouses and food and beverage closed to the public
- CB golfers
- EMP operating protocols
- Evidence of the Williamson County stay-home order (STAY) reaching every non-essential business in the county from March 24, 2020
- Collection
- Austin MET-AUS
Operative words
SECTION 3. During the effective period of the Stay Home Stay Safe Order issued on March 24, 2020 (as may be modified), golf courses in Williamson County, Texas may remain open only if golf course owners and golf course management companies adhere to the following protocols, directives and requirements: 1. Prohibit all non-employees of the golf course from entering all pro-shops, interior rooms, [and clubhouses]...; 2. Eliminate walk-up tee times and require golfers to pay in advance over the phone or on-[line]; 3. Follow and require compliance with all Social Distancing Requirements of the Stay Home [Stay Safe Order]... [Recitals:] on March 24, 2020, Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell, Jr. issued a Stay Home Stay Safe Order whereby people may leave their residences only for 'Essential Activities' or for performing or accessing 'Essential Governmental Functions', 'Healthcare Operations', 'Essential Businesses', and 'Essential Critical Infrastructure'.
Enforcement
SECTION 6: as authorized by Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173 (fine up to $1,000 and/or confinement up to 180 days)
Notes
The only Williamson County business-facing instrument saved; its recitals are the library's primary evidence of the Williamson County Stay Home Stay Safe Order of March 24, 2020 and the March 18, 2020 Commissioners Court extension of the disaster declaration.
Retrieval noteAdoption clause reads 'adopted at [time] on this the [__] day of March, 2020 to be effective immediately' with the day illegible.