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- Jurisdiction
- Hays County, Texas (county judiciary) · Austin · Texas
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- Emergency Orders of the Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals; Office of Court Administration guidance, as recited
- Issued
- 2020-06-01 June 1, 2020
- Effective
- On adoption (read as 2020-06-01)
- End
- Not stated (read as 2020-09-30)
- In force
- June 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitFace-covering requirementCourts and public offices
- Addressees
- litigants, attorneys, visitors, court staff and judges entering Hays County court buildings
- Functions reached
- CT Hays County court proceedings remote or capacity-limited (legal services; San Marcos, Kyle, Buda practitioners)
- CRT courthouse access
- WF court staff face coverings
- Collection
- Austin MET-AUS
Operative words
General 1. All judges will comply with the Emergency Orders issued by the Supreme Court of Texas and Court of Criminal Appeals, including conducting in-person proceedings according to the guidance issued by the Office of Court Administration regarding social distancing, maximum group size, and other restrictions and precautions. 2. All judges may conduct proceedings remotely.... 4. Judges will begin setting non-essential in-person proceedings no sooner than June 1, 2020.... Judge and Court Staff Health... 3. Court staff will be required to wear face coverings in the courtroom or when interacting with non-judicial persons.... Social Distancing 1. All persons not from the same household who are permitted in the court building will be required to maintain adequate social distancing of at least 6 feet. 2. No more than two individuals not from the same household will be permitted in an elevator.... 4. Public common areas, including breakrooms and snack rooms, have been closed to the public. Gallery 5. The maximum number of persons permitted in the gallery of each courtroom has been determined and posted.... 6.... Seating is limited to every other row.
Enforcement
Court operating plan under the Supreme Court's emergency orders (which required such plans before in-person proceedings resumed)
Notes
Undated plan; the Supreme Court's Seventeenth Emergency Order (TX file) required local operating plans for in-person proceedings from June 1, 2020.
Retrieval noteImage-only PDF (3 pp.); pages 1-2 rendered and read; date approximate.