Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) announced Monday that police will issue $250 fines to individuals without a face covering after they receive their first warning.

Turner said police will issue $250 fines to anyone they see not wearing a mask. The person will get a warning first, but if they refuse to put a mask on, they’ll be fined. “Lives are at stake so I’m taking this step to drive these numbers down,” Turner said.

…the problem with this is, Abbott’s executive order prohibits anyone from being detained or fined for not wearing a face diaper.

…Abbotts E/O::

Local law enforcement and other local officials, as appropriate, can and should
enforce this executive order, Executive Order GA-28, and other effective
executive orders, as well as local restrictions that are consistent with this
executive order and other effective executive orders. But no law enforcement or
other official may detain, arrest, or confine in jail any person for a violation of this
executive order or for related non-violent, non-felony offenses that are predicated
on a violation of this executive order; provided, however, that any official with
authority to enforce this executive order may act to enforce trespassing laws and
remove violators at the request of a business establishment or other property
owner