By: Estes S.B. No. 1112
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of money from a county's general fund to
disaster victims.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 130, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 130.910 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.910. AID TO DISASTER VICTIMS. (a) Subject to
Subsection (b), the commissioners court of a county may provide
money from the general fund of the county to individual residents of
the county who are adversely affected by a disaster for which the
county judge declared a local state of disaster under Section
418.108, Government Code.
(b) A county may not provide assistance to an individual
under this section until the commissioners court of the county:
(1) has implemented policies and procedures to ensure
that money granted under this section is used for the public purpose
of providing disaster relief for emergency food, shelter,
transportation, or other items or services necessary for public
health and safety; and
(2) has determined that financial assistance from
other sources, including this state and the federal government, is
unavailable or inadequate.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.