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Governor's GA-34 ends the statewide mask requirement and bars local mask penalties, effective March 10
Executive Order GA-34 ended the statewide mask mandate and COVID-19 operating limits for businesses, effective March 10, 2021. It provided that no person may be required by any jurisdiction to wear or to mandate the wearing of a face covering, and superseded conflicting local orders. KFDA reported that the City prepared for businesses to open at 100% and that masks remained required at the City's vaccine clinic.[1][2][3]
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Governor Abbott's March 2, 2021 release said GA-34 ended the statewide mask mandate and that, if hospitalizations in a region rose above 15% of hospital bed capacity for seven straight days, a county judge could use mitigation strategies but could not impose penalties for failing to wear a face mask. GA-36 later recited that GA-34 provided that "no person may be required by any jurisdiction to wear or to mandate the wearing of a face covering." [1][2]
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KFDA reported that the state order took effect March 10, 2021, that the City planned for businesses to open at full capacity, that 34 COVID-19 patients were in Amarillo hospitals, and that masks remained required at the City's vaccine clinic. [3]
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On April 8, 2021 the Environmental Health deputy director told the board that COVID operations were "Slowing down" and that "Most businesses are back to 100% occupancy." [4]
