Bill Text: TX SB97 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the scope and publication of certain actions by the governor during a state of disaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB97 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB97-Introduced.html
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| By: Johnson | S.B. No. 97 | |
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| relating to the scope and publication of certain actions by the | ||
| governor during a state of disaster. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 418.012, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.012. EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) Under this chapter, | ||
| the governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and | ||
| regulations and amend or rescind them. Executive orders, | ||
| proclamations, and regulations have the force and effect of law. | ||
| (b) The governor shall limit an executive order, | ||
| proclamation, or regulation that is issued, amended, or rescinded | ||
| under this chapter to address only the specific conditions or | ||
| requirements of the disaster or imminent disaster that is the | ||
| subject of an executive order or proclamation under Section | ||
| 418.014(a). | ||
| (c) Not later than Monday of each week during a declared | ||
| disaster, the governor shall publish on the governor's Internet | ||
| website a list of all executive orders, proclamations, and | ||
| regulations issued, amended, or rescinded by the governor under | ||
| this chapter during the previous seven-day period, in chronological | ||
| order. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 418.057, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.057. DISASTER WEB PORTAL. (a) The division shall | ||
| develop a comprehensive disaster web portal. The web portal must: | ||
| (1) provide disaster information to the public, | ||
| including information on programs and services available to | ||
| disaster victims and funding for and expenditures of disaster | ||
| assistance programs; | ||
| (2) include information on disaster response and | ||
| recovery activities; and | ||
| (3) provide information on obtaining assistance from | ||
| the Federal Emergency Management Agency, state agencies, organized | ||
| volunteer groups, and any other entities providing disaster | ||
| assistance. | ||
| (b) Not later than Monday of each week during a declared | ||
| disaster, the division shall publish on the web portal a list of all | ||
| executive orders, proclamations, and regulations issued, amended, | ||
| or rescinded by the governor under this chapter during the previous | ||
| seven-day period, in chronological order. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
