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