Bill Text: TX HB3718 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the presiding officer of the governing body of a political subdivision to issue an order closing a business in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3718 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3718-Introduced.html
| 2023S0156-T 02/15/23 | ||
| By: Lozano | H.B. No. 3718 | |
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| relating to the authority of the presiding officer of the governing | ||
| body of a political subdivision to issue an order closing a business | ||
| in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 184.1086 is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.1086. BAN ON COVID-19-RELATED BUSINESS CLOSURES OR | ||
| LIMITATIONS. The governing body of a political subdivision or its | ||
| presiding officer shall not issue an order, enact an ordinance, or | ||
| take any other action having the force and effect of law that would | ||
| limit or prohibit any business activity or services in response to | ||
| the COVID-19 pandemic. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an order issued on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| order issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
| the law in effect on the date the order was issued, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
