LUBBOCK, Texas — The Lubbock County Commissioner’s Court met for a special session Friday March 20 amid the global outbreak of COVID-19.
The official agenda for the meeting said the court would “discuss, consider and/or take action” to extend a local disaster declaration.
The court said they asked all department heads in the county to submit the plans of what they were doing to combat the spread of COVID-19.
The extension passed unanimously.
It will end April 3 at 11:59 p.m.
The declaration was originally passed March 13.
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