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- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code § 418.014 (Texas Disaster Act of 1975)
- Issued
- 2020-03-13 Mar. 13, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-13
- End
- Renewed at 30-day intervals throughout 2020 and 2021 (renewals verified: 2020-07-10 (Ex. TX-051), 2020-08-08, 2020-09-07, 2020-11-06, 2020-12-06 (Ex. TX-027), 2021-01-05 (Ex. TX-028), 2021-08-29 (Ex. TX-038); GA-34, GA-35, GA-37 and GA-38 recite 'in each subsequent month effective through today, I have renewed the disaster declaration for all Texas counties'); in force through 2021-09-30 and beyond (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Mar. 13, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Emergency declaration
- Addressees
- all counties
- state agencies
- the public
- Functions reached
- predicate for all functions
- Collection
- Texas TX
Operative words
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that COVID-19 poses an imminent threat of disaster. In accordance with the authority vested in me by Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code, I hereby declare a state of disaster for all counties in Texas.
Enforcement
Predicate for every GA-series order; Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173 (offense, fine up to $1,000, confinement up to 180 days) recited in GA-09 and GA-14
Notes
Predicate declaration; suspends statutes and rules that would hinder disaster response
Retrieval noteThe monthly chain is verified by the GA recitals and the eight renewal files located.