On June 26, 2020, the Mayor of Laredo issued an order requiring:

• all individuals to stay at home except where necessary to provide or obtain services from business establishments as allowed in the order or to conduct essential services.
• business establishments to operate at no more than 50% of the total listed occupancy unless otherwise provided for in Governor Abbott’s GA-28 or unless the business falls within the order’s exceptions.
• all businesses (including not-for-profit entities) and commercial entities to develop and implement a Health and Safety Policy requiring face masks for all persons 10 years or older in areas where it is difficult to keep six feet away from other people or working in areas that involve close proximity with coworkers.

Additionally, the order recommends all persons 10 years or older to wear face masks in areas where it is difficult to keep six feet away from other people. It also imposes a curfew from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. for all persons under the age of 18 except as necessary to engage in any service or activity permitted by the order or GA-26.

The order was effective at 12:01 a.m. on June 26, 2020, and will continue unless otherwise extended, modified, or terminated.

On June 25, 2020, County Judge B. Glen Whitley issued an Executive Order regarding COVID-19. The executive order requires all entities in Tarrant County providing goods or services directly to the public (including sole proprietorships) to develop and implement a Health and Safety Policy.

• The Health and Safety Policy must require that all employees and visitors to the entity’s business premises wear face coverings when in an area or performing an activity that will necessarily involve close contact or proximity to co-workers or to the public.
• The Health and Safety Policy must be posted in a conspicuous location sufficient to provide notice to employees and visitors by June 30, 2020. Failure to develop and implement the policy as required may result in a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. The order provides an example policy.

Additionally, the order requires face coverings for all individuals in areas open to the public where social distancing is not feasible and where it is estimated that 100 people or more are present. The order strongly urges individuals to wear face coverings when in an area open to the public where it is difficult to keep six feet away from other people or working in areas that involve proximity with coworkers.

The Tarrant County executive order remains in effect until 6 a.m. on August 3, 2020, unless otherwise extended, modified, or terminated.

Jackson Walker has developed a model notice based on the minimum requirements of the order.

On June 24, 2020, Mayor Brenda Gunter and County Judge Steve Floyd issued an Order Prohibiting Public Events of More than 100 People and Requiring Masks in All Auditoriums and Performance Halls.

• The order prohibits all public outdoor gatherings within Tom Green County and all public gatherings in City-operated facilities with an estimated attendance in excess of 100 people.
• Additionally, all theatres and performance halls must require all employees, volunteers and members of the audience to wear masks at all times they are inside the theatre or performance hall and not eating or drinking. The mask requirement does not apply to performers.
• The order does not affect events approved through the City Council’s Special Events process within the City of San Angelo or those approved by the county judge for events outside of San Angelo city limits.

On June 24, 2020, San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg issued an addendum to its Eighth Declaration of Public Health Emergency Regarding COVID-19. The addendum prohibits outdoor gatherings estimated to be excess of 100 people.

Exceptions to the prohibition include:

• any services listed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in its Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce;
• religious services;
• local government operations;
• childcare services;
• youth camps;
• recreational sports programs for youths and adults;
• professional, collegiate, or similar sporting events;
• swimming pools;
• water parks;
• museums and libraries;
• zoos, aquariums, natural caverns, and similar facilities;
• rodeos and equestrian events; and
• amusement parks and carnivals.

Order No. 1

On June 22, 2020, the Jim Hogg County Judge issued an order requiring all commercial and retail business establishments that are not CISA services or religious services and that are providing goods and services directly to the public to develop and implement Health and Safety Practices that require employees and customers to wear some form of covering over their mouth and nose where social distancing is not possible. Additionally, the order requires all persons over the age of 3 to wear a face covering when obtaining or providing covered services. Finally, the order encourages and recommends that all persons shelter-at-home unless obtaining or providing for essential or reopened services and minimize in-person contact with people who are not in the same household.

The order is in effect from 12:01 a.m. on June 20, 2020, and will continue unless otherwise extended, modified or terminated.

Order No. 2

In a second order, the Jim Hogg County Judge established a curfew from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight until 5 a.m. on Friday. Individuals traveling through Jim Hogg County due to an emergency necessity, licensed health care providers and individuals who work for a company categorized as “essential” by the CDC are exempt from this order.

The curfew is in effect from June 22, 2020, and will continue unless otherwise extended, modified, or terminated.