Bill Text: TX HB3901 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to prohibited restrictions on occupancy capacity for places of worship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3901 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3901-Introduced.html
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By: Hefner | H.B. No. 3901 |
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relating to prohibited restrictions on occupancy capacity for | ||
places of worship. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 110.001(a), Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended by adding Subdivisions (3) and (4) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(3) "Place of worship" means a building or grounds | ||
where religious activities are conducted. | ||
(4) "Public official" means any elected or appointed | ||
officer, employee, or agent of this state or of a governmental | ||
agency or any other public body established by state law. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 110.0031 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 110.0031. PROHIBITION ON ORDERS RESTRICTING OCCUPANCY | ||
CAPACITY FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP. (a) A government agency or public | ||
official may not issue an order for purposes of a state of disaster | ||
declared under Chapter 418, Government Code, that restricts the | ||
occupancy capacity for or has the effect of restricting the | ||
occupancy capacity for a place of worship in this state or in a | ||
geographic area of this state. | ||
(b) For purposes of a state of disaster declared under | ||
Chapter 418, Government Code, this section is not considered a | ||
regulatory statute and may not be suspended. | ||
SECTION 3. Chapter 110, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | ||
as amended by this Act, applies only to a claim or defense that | ||
accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A claim or | ||
defense that accrued 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 4. 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. |