Bill Text: TX HB3906 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the declaration of a local state of disaster.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB3906 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3906-Introduced.html
| By: Frullo | H.B. No. 3906 | |
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| relating to the declaration of a local state of disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 418.108, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (c) and by adding Subsections (b-1) | ||
| and (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the presiding | ||
| officer of the governing body of a political subdivision may | ||
| declare a local state of disaster if the presiding officer finds a | ||
| disaster has occurred or that the occurrence or threat of disaster | ||
| is imminent. | ||
| (b-1) An order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or | ||
| terminating a local state of disaster issued under this section | ||
| must include: | ||
| (1) a description of the nature of the disaster; | ||
| (2) a designation of the area threatened; and | ||
| (3) a description of the conditions that have brought | ||
| the local state of disaster about or made possible the termination | ||
| of the local state of disaster. | ||
| (c) An order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or | ||
| terminating a local state of disaster shall be given prompt and | ||
| general publicity and shall be filed promptly with the city | ||
| secretary, the county clerk, or the joint board's official records, | ||
| as applicable. If the political subdivision to which the order or | ||
| proclamation applies maintains an Internet website, a copy of the | ||
| order or proclamation shall also be posted on the political | ||
| subdivision's Internet website. | ||
| (d-1) In accordance with Section 418.016(e), the presiding | ||
| officer of a political subdivision may request the governor to | ||
| waive or suspend a deadline imposed by a statute or the orders or | ||
| rules of a state agency on the political subdivision, including a | ||
| deadline relating to a budget or ad valorem tax, if the waiver or | ||
| suspension is reasonably necessary for the political subdivision to | ||
| cope with a local disaster declared under this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
