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Texans violating mask policies can be arrested for criminal trespass, Houston s police chief said.
Texas lifted its statewide mask mandate Wednesday, but businesses can still apply their own rules.
The police chief told CNBC that officers would wear masks until most Americans had been vaccinated.
Texans who violate businesses mask policies can still be arrested even after the end of the statewide mask mandate, Houston s police chief, Art Acevedo, said Tuesday.
If customers refuse to wear a mask after being asked by a business, they can also be barred from entering the premises for at least a year, he told CNBC s The News with Shepard Smith.