Bill Text: TX SB1493 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of certain organizations that benefit veterans during a declared state of disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-20 - Left pending in committee [SB1493 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1493-Introduced.html
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By: Springer | S.B. No. 1493 |
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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, 2021. |