| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the temporary relocation of a residential child-care |
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| 6 | 8 | | facility during a declared state of disaster. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.048, Human Resources Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 11 | | by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-4) to read as |
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| 10 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 11 | 13 | | (e) A license issued under this chapter is not transferable |
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| 12 | 14 | | and applies only to the operator and facility location stated in the |
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| 13 | 15 | | license application. Except as provided by Subsections (e-1), |
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| 14 | 16 | | (e-2), [and] (e-3), and (e-4), a change in location or ownership |
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| 15 | 17 | | automatically revokes a license. |
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| 16 | 18 | | (e-4) To the extent necessary to comply with a state or |
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| 17 | 19 | | local order during a declared state of disaster under Chapter 418, |
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| 18 | 20 | | Government Code, the commission may authorize a residential |
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| 19 | 21 | | child-care facility to temporarily: |
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| 20 | 22 | | (1) relocate to a new location that is not stated in |
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| 21 | 23 | | the facility's license application; or |
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| 22 | 24 | | (2) provide care to one or more children at an |
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| 23 | 25 | | additional location that is not stated in the facility's license |
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| 24 | 26 | | application. |
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| 25 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 30 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 31 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 32 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 863 passed the Senate on |
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| 33 | | - | March 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 34 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 36 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 863 passed the House on |
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| 37 | | - | April 30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, two |
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| 38 | | - | present not voting. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 41 | | - | Approved: |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Date |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Governor |
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