Bill Text: TX SB98 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the renewal of a declared state of disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB98 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB98-Introduced.html
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| By: Johnson | S.B. No. 98 | |
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| relating to the renewal of a declared state of disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 418.014, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (c-1), | ||
| (c-2), and (c-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (c-1), the state | ||
| of disaster continues until the governor: | ||
| (1) finds that: | ||
| (A) the threat or danger has passed; or | ||
| (B) the disaster has been dealt with to the | ||
| extent that emergency conditions no longer exist; and | ||
| (2) terminates the state of disaster by executive | ||
| order. | ||
| (c) A state of disaster may not continue for more than 30 | ||
| days unless renewed by the governor or the legislature in | ||
| accordance with 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 legislature is convened in a regular or special | ||
| session during a state of disaster, only the legislature by law may | ||
| renew the state of disaster. | ||
| (c-2) Notwithstanding any other law, a law enacted by the | ||
| legislature to renew a state of disaster has the same force and | ||
| effect as an executive order or proclamation the governor issues | ||
| declaring a state of disaster. A reference in this chapter or other | ||
| law to an executive order or proclamation declaring a state of | ||
| disaster applies to a law enacted by the legislature under this | ||
| section to renew a state of disaster. | ||
| (c-3) The governor may not declare a new state of disaster | ||
| based on the same or a substantially similar finding as a prior | ||
| state of disaster that the legislature terminates or does not renew | ||
| in accordance with Subsection (c-1). | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an executive order or proclamation issued or renewed under | ||
| Section 418.014, Government Code, as amended by this Act, on or | ||
| after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
