Collin County Judge Chris Hill will allow bars to reopen and operate at 50% capacity starting Oct. 14. His decision comes a day after Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order allowing bars to reopen with the approval of county judges.
“With the encouragement and recommendation of the doctors and scientists from Collin County Health Care Services, I will be filing the necessary paperwork with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission to allow Collin County bars to reopen next week,” Hill said in a county news release.
The governor’s order also requires counties that reopen bars to have a hospitalization rate under 15%.
“Our Collin County hospitals and healthcare professionals continue to serve our community with excellence,” Hill said in the release. “At no time this year has our hospital capacity been overwhelmed or threatened by COVID-19. Quite simply, Collin County should be completely open. I will listen to everyone, but will follow the science.”
