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| 1 | 1 | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1880 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the renewal of local disaster declarations. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 418.108(b), Government Code, is amended | |
| 9 | 9 | to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | (b) A declaration of local disaster: | |
| 11 | 11 | (1) may not be continued or renewed for a period of | |
| 12 | 12 | more than seven days except with the consent of the governing body | |
| 13 | 13 | of the political subdivision in a public meeting or the chief | |
| 14 | 14 | administrative officer of a joint board as provided by Subsection | |
| 15 | 15 | (e), as applicable. | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) Thereafter, a declaration of local disaster may | |
| 17 | 17 | not continue for more than 30 days unless renewed by the governing | |
| 18 | 18 | body of the political subdivision in a public meeting or the chief | |
| 19 | 19 | administrative officer or a joint board as provided by Subsection | |
| 20 | 20 | (e), as applicable. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | |
| 22 | 22 | disaster declaration |