Bill Text: TX SB1880 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the renewal of local disaster declarations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Local Government [SB1880 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1880-Introduced.html
By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1880 | |
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relating to the renewal of local disaster declarations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 418.108(b), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) A declaration of local disaster: | ||
(1) may not be continued |
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more than seven days except with the consent of the governing body | ||
of the political subdivision in a public meeting or the chief | ||
administrative officer of a joint board as provided by Subsection | ||
(e), as applicable. | ||
(2) Thereafter, a declaration of local disaster may | ||
not continue for more than 30 days unless renewed by the governing | ||
body of the political subdivision in a public meeting or the chief | ||
administrative officer or a joint board as provided by Subsection | ||
(e), as applicable. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
disaster declaration |