| 1 | 1 | | 86R6818 MP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Walle H.B. No. 3751 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to legal counsel provided by the attorney general to a |
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| 8 | 8 | | political subdivision subject to a declared state of disaster. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 418.193 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 418.193. ATTORNEY GENERAL AS LEGAL ADVISOR ON ISSUES |
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| 13 | 13 | | RELATED TO DECLARED DISASTER. (a) This section applies only during |
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| 14 | 14 | | a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014 and the 90-day |
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| 15 | 15 | | period following the expiration or termination of the disaster |
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| 16 | 16 | | declaration. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) The attorney general may provide legal counsel to a |
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| 18 | 18 | | political subdivision subject to a declared state of disaster under |
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| 19 | 19 | | Section 418.014 on issues related to disaster mitigation, |
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| 20 | 20 | | preparedness, response, and recovery applicable to the area subject |
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| 21 | 21 | | to the disaster declaration. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (c) A request for counsel under this section may be |
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| 23 | 23 | | submitted only by: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) the emergency management director designated |
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| 25 | 25 | | under Section 418.1015 for the political subdivision; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) the county judge or a commissioner of a county |
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| 27 | 27 | | subject to the declaration; or |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) the mayor of a municipality subject to the |
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| 29 | 29 | | declaration. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 31 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 32 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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