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- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418 (§ 418.016(a) suspensions)
- Issued
- 2020-06-26 June 26, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-26 12:00 noon; restaurants to 50% from 2020-06-29 12:01 a.m. (read as 2020-06-26)
- End
- 2020-09-21 12:01 a.m. (superseded by GA-30); amended by GA-29 on 2020-07-02 (read as 2020-09-21)
- In force
- June 26, 2020 to Sept. 21, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venues
- Addressees
- every business establishment
- bars (TABC permittees not qualifying as restaurants)
- restaurants
- commercial rafting and tubing
- outdoor gatherings over 100
- mayors and county judges
- long-term care facilities
- Functions reached
- BA bars closed to on-premises service
- DR restaurants cut from 75% to 50%
- all non-CISA business premises 50%
- GATH outdoor >100 prohibited without local approval
- AM rafting and tubing closed
- OF/PF offices and manufacturing 50% with staff counted
- VS long-term care visitation barred
- SP/PE outdoor venues 50%
- Collection
- Texas TX
Operative words
Every business establishment in Texas shall operate at no more than 50 percent of the total listed occupancy of the establishment... 5. For any outdoor gathering in excess of 100 people, other than those set forth above in paragraph numbers 1, 2, or 4, the gathering is prohibited unless the mayor of the city in which the gathering is held, or the county judge in the case of a gathering in an unincorporated area, approves of the gathering... 6. For dine-in services by restaurants that have less than 51 percent of their gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic beverages, the occupancy limit shall remain at 75 percent until 12:01 a.m. on June 29, 2020, at which time such restaurants may only operate at up to 50 percent of the total listed occupancy of the restaurant... 7. People shall not visit bars or similar establishments that hold a permit from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) and are not restaurants as defined above in paragraph number 6; provided, however, that the use by such bars or similar establishments of drive-thru, pickup, or delivery options for food and drinks is allowed to the extent authorized by TABC; 8. People shall not use commercial rafting or tubing services... 12.... people should not be in groups larger than ten...
Enforcement
§ 418.173 (fine; jail eliminated); TABC permit enforcement ('Operation Safe Open', Ex. TX-050); preemption clause and suspension of §§ 418.1015(b), 418.108 and Health & Safety Code ch. 81 subch. E
Notes
The June 26, 2020 rollback: bars closed for the second time; the 100-person outdoor gathering cap subject to mayoral or county-judge approval; in force on the first day of 2020 Q3
Retrieval noteBundled row upgraded from verified_secondary to verified_primary. Also at https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-28_targeted_response_to_reopening_COVID-19.pdf.