HomeMy WebLinkAbout7.03.2020 Adoption of GA-29
City of Plainview NEWS
901 Broadway St.
Plainview, TX 79072
July 15, 2020
Hale County, City of Plainview Extends Disaster Declaration
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to August 11, Adopts Governor’s Executive Orders GA-28 &
GA-29
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The Plainview City Council extended the Disaster Declaration to August 11 and
adopted the Governor’s Executive Orders GA-28 & GA-29 at Tuesday’s City Council
Meeting.
The Executive Order GA-28 & GA-29 changes include:
Every person in Texas shall wear a face covering over the nose and mouth when:
Inside a commercial entity or other building or space open to the public
In an outdoor public space, wherever it is not feasible to maintain six feet of
social distancing from another person not in the same household.
The face-covering requirement does NOT apply to the following:
1. any person younger than 10 years of age;
2. any person with a medical condition or disability that prevents wearing a face
covering;
3. any person while the person is consuming food or drink, or is seated at a restaurant
to eat or drink;
4. any person while the person is (a) exercising outdoors or engaging in physical
activity outdoors and (b) maintaining a safe distance from other people not in the
same household;
5. any person while the person is driving alone or with passengers who are part of the
same household as the driver;
6. any person obtaining a service that requires temporary removal of the face covering
for security surveillance, screening, or a need for specific access to the face, such
as while visiting a bank or while obtaining a personal care service involving the face,
but only to the extent necessary for the temporary removal;
7. any person while the person is in a swimming pool, lake, or similar body of water;
8. any person who is voting, assisting a voter, serving as a poll watcher, or actively
administering an election, but wearing a face covering is strongly encouraged;
9. any person who is actively providing or obtaining access to religious worship, but
wearing a face covering is strongly encouraged;
10. any person while the person is giving a speech for a broadcast or to an audience; or
11. Not excepted from this face-covering requirement is any person attending a protest
or demonstration involving more than 10 people and who is not practicing safe
social distancing of six feet from other people not in the same household.
Citizens may receive a verbal or written warning for a first-time violator of the face
covering requirement. A person’s second violation shall be punishable by a fine not to
exceed $250 and each subsequent violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed
$250 per violation.
As a reminder, nursing homes and assisted living facilities are still closed to visitors and
the public.
Social distancing of 10 or less people is still required and those who are 65 years and
older or those with compressed immunome systems are asked to stay home as much
as possible.
A copy of the Governor’s Executive Order GA-29 and City Council Resolution R20-486
can be found at www.plainviewtx.org and click on the blue box “COVID-19 Information”.
For more information, contact Jack McCasland at the Plainview / Hale County Health
Department at (806) 293-1359 or visit the website: www.plainviewtx.org/COVID19.