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Mar 30, 2020 · Starting point

First Amended Declaration of Disaster orders residents to stay home; council continues it March 31 and April 14

The Mayor's First Amended Declaration of Disaster, effective at 11:59 p.m. on March 30, 2020, ordered residents to stay at home except for essential travel and activities, closed businesses other than essential or low-risk businesses to the public, limited restaurants to take-out, delivery and drive- through service, banned gatherings outside a single household and elective medical procedures, and required laboratories to report COVID-19 test counts daily. It authorized police, City code inspectors and the Fire Marshal to enforce it, with a $1,000 fine and 180 days in jail under Section 418.173 of the Government Code. The council continued it 5-0 on March 31 (through April 14) and again 5-0 on April 14 (through April 30).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Ginger Nelson Elaine Hays Freda Powell Eddy Sauer Howard Smith

What the sources say

✓ Verified
The First Amended Declaration ordered all individuals living in the City to stay at home except for essential travel, essential activities, essential government functions or work at essential or low-risk businesses; required other businesses to close to the public; limited restaurants, liquor stores and similar businesses to take-out, delivery, drive-in or drive-through service; prohibited gatherings outside a single household; prohibited elective medical, surgical and dental procedures; and required laboratories to report COVID-19 test counts to the health district by 5 p.m. daily without patient names. ^[1]
✓ Verified
The order authorized peace officers, City code inspectors and the Fire Marshal to enforce it and stated that violations would subject the violator to a $1,000 fine and 180 days in jail as authorized by Section 418.173 of the Texas Government Code. ^[1]^[2]
Max fine
$1,000
Max jail days
180
✓ Verified
KFDA reported that the Amarillo order took effect at midnight for two weeks, that the Amarillo-area coronavirus status alert moved to level red, and that Potter County and Canyon issued similar orders. ^[2]
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On March 31, 2020 the council continued the First Amended Declaration through April 14 (Resolution 03-31-20-2), 5-0, and on April 14 continued it through April 30 (Resolution 04-14-20-1), 5-0. ^[3]^[4]

Sources

1.First Amended Declaration of Disaster by the Mayor of the City of Amarillo (archived copy) — City of Amarillo, Mar 30, 2020 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredInternet Archive copy (captured 2020-11-09) of the signed order; the amarillo.gov original now returns 404. "on March 18, 2020, The Mayor of the City of Amarillo declared a local disaster"; "All individuals living in the City of Amarillo are ordered to stay at home"; "take effect at 11:59 pm on March [30], 2020"; "Violations of this declaration will subject the violator to a $1,000.00 fine and 180 days in jail as authorized by Section 418.173 of the Texas Government Code." Handwritten dates are partly illegible in the scan.
2.Shelter-in-place orders issued for Amarillo and Canyon — KFDA NewsChannel 10, Mar 30, 2020 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026newsIndependentStance: neutral
3.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2020-03-31 — City of Amarillo, Mar 31, 2020 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. Item 3C: "confirming and continuing the Mayor's Declaration of Disaster which was declared on March 30, 2020" ... "this resolution was for a two week time period through April 14"; "RESOLUTION 03-31-20-2 ... FIRST AMENDED DECLARATION OF DISASTER"; 5:0 vote.
4.Amarillo City Council Regular Meeting Minutes, 2020-04-14 — City of Amarillo, Apr 14, 2020 · retrieved Oct 14, 2026primarySubject-authoredScanned minutes read with OCR. States: "Mr. Miller stated the amount has increased to $617,620.00" and "Motion was made that this item be approved by Councilmember Powell in the amount of $617,620.00 and seconded by Councilmember Smith"; "the motion carried by a 5:0 vote of the Council."