Bill Text: TX HB4482 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of the Emergency Powers Board and its powers during a declared state of disaster or public health disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HB4482 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4482-Introduced.html
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By: Slawson | H.B. No. 4482 |
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relating to the establishment of the Emergency Powers Board and its | ||
powers during a declared state of disaster or public health | ||
disaster. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 418.007 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 418.007. EMERGENCY POWERS BOARD. (a) The Emergency | ||
Powers Board is established to provide oversight during a declared | ||
state of disaster, including a public health disaster declared as | ||
provided by Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code. | ||
(b) The board is composed of: | ||
(1) the governor; | ||
(2) the lieutenant governor; | ||
(3) the speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
(4) the chair of the committee of the senate with | ||
primary jurisdiction over state affairs; and | ||
(5) the chair of the committee of the house of | ||
representatives with primary jurisdiction over state affairs. | ||
(c) On or after the eighth day after the date the governor | ||
issues an executive order, proclamation, or regulation under this | ||
chapter, including an order, proclamation, or regulation related to | ||
a public health disaster declared as provided by Chapter 81, Health | ||
and Safety Code, the board by majority vote may set an expiration | ||
date for the order, proclamation, or regulation. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding Chapter 551 or any other law, the board | ||
may meet by telephone conference call, videoconference, or other | ||
similar telecommunication method. A meeting held by telephone | ||
conference call, videoconference, or other similar | ||
telecommunication method is subject to the requirements of Sections | ||
551.125(c), (d), (e), and (f). | ||
(e) If an executive order, proclamation, or regulation | ||
issued by the governor has as an expiration date set by the governor | ||
and not modified by the board a date that is on or after the 22nd day | ||
after the date the order, proclamation, or regulation is issued, | ||
the governor shall convene the legislature in special session to | ||
determine whether any legislation is necessary to implement, | ||
modify, or repeal the order, proclamation, or regulation. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2022, but only | ||
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2021, requiring the governor to call the | ||
legislature into special session following certain disaster or | ||
emergency declarations and specifying the powers of the legislature | ||
in those special sessions is approved by the voters. If that | ||
amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |