By: Williams S.B. No. 1703
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the declaration of local disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.108(i), Chapter 418, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(i) A declaration under this section may, include a
restriction that exceeds a restriction authorized by Section
352.051, Local Government Code, if the Keetch-Byram Index level in
Section 352.051(a)(2), Local Government Code, is exceeded and the
governor has suspended the sale, dispensing, or transportation of
the items in Section 418.019 within the county. A restriction that
exceeds a restriction authorized by Section 352.051(c), Local
Government Code, is effective only:
(1) for 60 hours unless extended by the governor; and
(2) if the county judge requests the governor to grant
an extension of the restriction.
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, 2011.