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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary

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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary

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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary

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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary

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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary

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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary

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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary

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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary

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Harris County issued its Stay Home, Work Safe Order on March 24, 2020, to be effective starting at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 and running through 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3, 2020.

The following is a summary of the Order. It includes a table that organizes and summarizes the headline restrictions, exceptions, exemptions, enforcement actions, timetables and more that are set forth in the official Order the full text of which can be accessed at https://www.readyharris.org/Stay-Home.

To date, the State of Texas has not issued a state-wide stay at home order. As a consequence, many of the counties in the State of Texas have begun issuing their own shelter in place or stay at home orders. So far these various county orders have followed the same general framework. Each has generally required that subject to specified exceptions, all individuals residing in that county are to remain at home for the term of the order, and that all businesses operating in that county cease operation. The specified exceptions are for individuals providing essential activities, and for businesses that are essential businesses, and those terms are defined and explained in each county’s order.

Each of the orders has been structured so as to supplement the guidance issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”) with regards to the 16 critical infrastructure sectors it identified. 

Each county has provided additional guidance as to the application of the 16 critical infrastructure sectors in that county, and has provided its own guidance as to what are essential activities and essential businesses in that county. For example, Harris County has specifically excepted activities of NASA and the Port of Houston. Other counties have identified exceptions that are unique and appropriate for the respective counties.

The following is our summary of the Harris County Order. We hope that you find this useful in navigating your personal lives and business operations during these unprecedented times. While this summary is specific to the Harris County Order, those of you who live in or have business operations in other counties in the State of Texas will still find this summary to be generally useful, as most of the counties are following the same general framework. However, you will need to refer to any order issued by your County in order to definitively understand the restrictions that your County has mandated.

One note and one recommendation.

Note. This is a very fluid situation and the various County orders, while detailed in some ways are also subject to interpretation in others. We anticipate that all County orders will continue to be amended or supplemented as the orders began to be implemented in our communities. We will attempt to update this summary over the following days and weeks, but please be aware that this summary speaks only as to the Harris County Order as of the date stated above and reflects the information that we have been able to locate that is publicly available.

Recommendation. For those operating an Essential Business, we encourage you to consider issuing to each of your employees or contractors who will be traveling to and from your business a letter on company letterhead that identifies the name of your company, generally states the nature of your business, names the individual employee or contractor, and states that you require that individual to be at your place of business in order to operate. We have not seen any reference to such a letter in any of the County orders so far, and as a consequence any such letter would not have any officially mandated special authority. However, we would anticipate that having such a letter in his or her possession would lend credibility should they be stopped or questioned by a law enforcement officer or other governmental authority.

Finally, please note that this summary highlights information contained in the Harris County Order. In evaluating how the Order applies to you or your business, you should carefully read the entire Order and the other rules, orders, and announcements referenced in the Order.

Summary