Bill Text: TX HB1978 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a state of disaster declared by the governor because of COVID-19.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1978 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1978-Introduced.html

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87R1736 MTB-D
By: Toth H.B. No. 1978

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a state of disaster declared by the governor because of
COVID-19.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.014, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the governor may not
declare a state of disaster because of COVID-19. In this
subsection, "COVID-19" means the coronavirus disease 2019.
SECTION 2. As provided by Section 418.014(c), Government
Code, the state of disaster declared by the governor in Tex. Gov.
Proclamation No. 41-3720, 45 Tex. Reg. 2094 (2020), as renewed, is
terminated.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.