87R1633 MCK-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 3781
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on executive orders issued during a
declared state of disaster that prohibit a business or category of
businesses from operating.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 418.0125 to read as follows:
Sec. 418.0125. LIMITATION ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS. The
governor may not issue an executive order, proclamation, or
regulation during a declared state of disaster that prohibits a
business or category of businesses from operating during the
declared state of disaster.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.