Bill Text: TX HB1557 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the governor and the legislature with respect to certain declared states of disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-08 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1557 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1557-Introduced.html
| By: Martinez Fischer | H.B. No. 1557 | |
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| relating to the authority of the governor and the legislature with | ||
| respect to certain declared states of disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 418.014, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (c) A state of disaster may not continue for more than 30 | ||
| days unless renewed by the governor, subject to Subsection (c-1). | ||
| The legislature by law may terminate a state of disaster at any | ||
| time. On termination by the legislature, the governor shall issue | ||
| an executive order ending the state of disaster. | ||
| (c-1) If the governor finds that a state of disaster | ||
| requires renewal and the legislature is not convened in regular or | ||
| special session, the governor by proclamation shall convene the | ||
| legislature in special session to respond to the state of disaster. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a state of disaster declared or renewed on or after the effective | ||
| date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
