88S30297 MCK-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 145
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of
certain organizations that benefit veterans during certain
declared states of disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.012, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 418.012. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) Under this chapter,
the governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and
regulations and amend or rescind them. Executive orders,
proclamations, and regulations have the force and effect of law.
(b) An executive order, proclamation, or regulation issued
by the governor under this chapter during a pandemic that restricts
the operation of or the hours of operation for a business that sells
alcoholic beverages may not include an organization exempt from
federal taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c)(19) of that
code, that benefits veterans of the United States armed forces.
SECTION 2. Section 418.012, Government Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a declaration of a state of disaster
issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
declaration issued before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.