Reagan County Judge Jim O'Bryan will not opt Reagan County out of Governor Greg Abbott's face covering mandate.
O'Bryan said on Saturday that he intended to file the appropriate
form this morning (Monday morning) with the State to exempt Reagan
County from the mandate.
"I've thought about it hard over the weekend," O'Bryan said. "Our
cases have not crossed the 20 active positive threshold, but they have
jumped to 12 active in a short period of time."
O'Bryan said that rapid increase over the past week was the driving factor in him deciding against filing the for the exemption.