S.B. No. 967
AN ACT
relating to the expiration and extension of certain public health
orders issued by a health authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 121, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 121.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 121.026. EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC
HEALTH ORDERS ISSUED BY HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a) This section applies
only to a public health order imposed on more than one individual,
animal, place, or object.
(b) A public health order issued by a health authority under
this chapter or other law expires on the 15th day following the date
the order is issued unless, before the 15th day by majority vote:
(1) the governing body of a municipality or the
commissioners court of a county that appointed the health authority
extends the order for a longer period; or
(2) if the health authority is jointly appointed by a
municipality and county, the commissioner's court of the county
extends the order for a longer period.
SECTION 2. Section 121.026, Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to a public health order issued by a
health authority on or after the effective date of this Act. A
public health order issued by a health authority before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
public health order was issued, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 967 passed the Senate on
April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendments on May 30, 2021, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 967 passed the House, with
amendments, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
Nays 4, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor