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BEX R
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
ORDER
NW-02 OF
COUNTY
JUDGE NELSON W. WOLFF ISSUED March
9
, 2020 WHEREAS, pursuant to Texas Government Code Section 418.108, Bexar County Judge
Ne
lson W.
Wolff
declared a state
of
local disaster on March
3
, 2020
due
to
imminent threat arising from COVID-19; WHEREAS, pursuant
to
the Texas Disaster Act
of
1975,
th
e County Judge may declare a
local state
of
disaster in and for the County, and may exercise the powers granted therein
on an
appropriate l
oca
l scale;
WHEREAS, in accordance with Texas Government Code Section 418.108 b , on March
8
, 2020, the Bexar County Commissioners Court approved an Order Continuing Declaration
of
State
of
Local Disaster for Bexar County hereafter, the
Order
o
Co11ti1111atio11
o
Declaration
;
WHEREAS, in accordance with
Texas
Government Code Section 418.108 b), the consent by Commissioners Court authorizes the Bexar County Judge to contin
ue
to
exercise
th
e powers granted by the Texas Disaster Act
of
1975 for the period specified in the Order
of
Continuing Declaration; WHEREAS, the Order
of
Continuation
of
Declaration further reserved all other authority and powers conferred by or und
er
the laws
of
the State
of
Texas and authorized the Bexar County
Judge
to
respond as necessary to the situation made the subject
of
the Order
of
Continuation
of
Declaration by issuance
of
executive order as necessary;
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a declaration
of
public health disaster in and for the State
of
Texas and on March 19, 2020, the Texas Depa11ment
of
State Health Services issued a declaration
of
a public health disaster in the State
of
Texas for the first time since 1901;
WHEREAS, Governor Abbott issued an executive order under the authority granted
to
him by the Texas Disaster Act
of
1975 which restricted certain gatherings and provided guidance
related to public attendance at bars, restaurants and similar establishments; and
WHEREAS,
in
order
to remain
co
nsistent with the declaration
of
the
Texa
s Department
of
State H
ea
lth Services and the
exec
utive order issu
ed
by Governor Greg Abbott as
of
March 19, 2020 and to enforce
unifonn
requirements state-wide, I hereby rescind my previ
ous exec
uti
ve
order as issued
on March
18
, 2020 and issue this
exec
utive order in its place.
PURSUANT
TO THE
TEXAS DISASTER
ACT
OF
1975, BEXAR COUNTY
JUDGE
NELSON W.
WOLFF
HEREBY ISSUES THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER
AS
FOLLOWS:
1
Effective as
of
11
:59 p.m. on Thursday,
March
19
, 2020, a
nd
continuing for the
remainder
of
the period approved by the B
exa
r County Commissioners
Co
urt
in
the
Order
of
Continuation
of
Declaration, unle
ss
otherwise spec
ifi
ca
ll
y indicated below: a)
That
all indoor public and private gatherings a
nd
outdoor
ga
therings
( Mass Gatherings )
within an enclosed space
of
10 persons
or
more anywhere in the
incorporated and unincorporated te
nitor
y
of
Bexar County is hereafter
prohibited beginning
11
:59 p.m.
on
Friday, March 20, 2020 and continuing
throughout the period approved in the Order
of
Co
ntinuation
of
Declaration, unl
ess ex
tended
co
nsistent with requirements of state l
aw
or otherwise
modified;
b)
That
Bexar
Co
unty rental property owners temporarily suspend evictions for
at
least the next
30
days to prevent renters from be
in
g di
sp
laced due to the public
h
ea
lth emer
ge
ncy; c)
That
foreclosure proceedings within
Bexa
r County be tempora
ri
ly sus
pend
ed for at least the n
ext 30
days to prevent the displacement
of
occupants during the public health
eme
r
ge
ncy; d)
That
constituents and r
es
id
ents of
Bexar Co
unty are encouraged to conduct
essential bus
in
ess
online
or
via r
eg
ular mail to avoid visiting any Bexar
Co
unty faciliti
es
unless ab
so
lutely necessary;
e
Th
at
no
person sha
ll
se
ll
any
of
the fo
ll
ow
ing goods or services for
mor
e than
the price the
per
son char
ge
d for the goods or serves
on
11
:59 p.m.
on
Thursday, March 19,
2020
and continuing during the pendency of this executive order:
1
Groceries, beverages, to
il
et
articles, ic
e;
11
Restaurant, cafete
ri
a, and boarding-house meals; and
111
Medicine, pharmaceutical, and medical
eq
ui
pment and supp
li
es. 2. Effective as
of
11
:59 p.
m
on
Fr
id
ay, March 20, 2020, and continuing until
11
:59 p.m.
Apr
il
3, 2020 in
accor
dance with the
exec
utive order GA
08
relat
in
g to
Cov
id-19
pr
eparedness and mitigation, the r
es
tric
ti
ons
as promulgated by Governor Greg Abbott
shall be
appe
nded and incorporated into this executive order issued
as
fo
ll
ows: a) In accordance with the Guidelines from the Pr
es
id
ent and the CDC, every per
so
n in Texas shall avoid social
ga
therings in groups
of
more
th
an 10 people;