H.B. No. 762
AN ACT
relating to restrictions on disaster remediation contracts
following a locally declared disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 57.001(3), Business & Commerce Code, as
added by Chapter 979 (H.B. 1711), Acts of the 82nd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
(3) "Natural disaster" means the occurrence of
widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property
related to any natural cause, including fire, flood, earthquake,
wind, storm, or wave action, that results in a disaster declaration
by the governor or a local disaster declaration by a county judge
under Chapter 418, Government Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 762 was passed by the House on April
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 762 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor