Bill Title: As enacted, authorizes county, municipal, and metropolitan mayors and chief executives to issue evacuation orders during a local state of emergency; creates Class C misdemeanor of willfully violating an evacuation order. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 9 and Title 58.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-08 - Pub. Ch. 868 [HB1494 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Dale Carr [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-012	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Crawford [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-001	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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