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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 certain orders, proclamations, and regulations issued |
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| 8 | 8 | | in response to a disaster by the governor or the presiding officer |
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| 9 | 9 | | of the governing body of a political subdivision. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 418.012, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 418.012. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) Under this chapter, |
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| 14 | 14 | | the governor may issue, amend, or rescind executive orders, |
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| 15 | 15 | | proclamations, and regulations [and amend or rescind them]. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) Executive orders, proclamations, and regulations issued |
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| 17 | 17 | | by the governor have the force and effect of law. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) To the extent of any conflict, an executive order, |
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| 19 | 19 | | proclamation, or regulation issued by the governor under this |
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| 20 | 20 | | chapter prevails over an order, proclamation, or regulation issued |
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| 21 | 21 | | by the presiding officer of the governing body of a political |
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| 22 | 22 | | subdivision under this chapter. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 24 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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