Bill Text: TX HB558 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of certain organizations that benefit veterans during a declared state of disaster.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-17 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB558 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB558-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 558 | ||
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| relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of | ||
| certain organizations that benefit veterans during a declared state | ||
| of disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 418.012, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.012. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) Under this chapter, | ||
| the governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and | ||
| regulations and amend or rescind them. Executive orders, | ||
| proclamations, and regulations have the force and effect of law. | ||
| (b) An executive order, proclamation, or regulation issued | ||
| by the governor under this chapter that restricts the operation of | ||
| or the hours of operation for a business that sells alcoholic | ||
| beverages may not include an organization exempt from federal | ||
| taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an | ||
| organization described by Section 501(c)(19) of that code, that | ||
| benefits veterans of the United States armed forces. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 418.012, Government Code, as amended by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a declaration of a state of disaster | ||
| issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
| declaration issued before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
| of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 558 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
