Bill Text: TX SCR59 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Concurrent Resolution 59 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Instructing the enrolling clerk of the senate to make corrections in S.B. No. 968.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [SCR59 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SCR59-Enrolled.html



	S.C.R. No. 59




	SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 968 has been adopted by the senate
	and the house of representatives and is being prepared for
	enrollment; and
	WHEREAS, The bill contains technical errors that should be
	corrected; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED by the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas, That
	the enrolling clerk of the senate be instructed to make the
	following corrections to the enrolled version of Senate Bill
	No. 968:
	(1) In the SECTION of the bill amending the heading to
	Subtitle D, Title 2, Health and Safety Code, immediately after
	"DISASTERS", insert "AND EMERGENCIES".
	(2) In the SECTION of the bill amending the heading to
	Chapter 81, Health and Safety Code, immediately after "DISASTERS",
	insert "; PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES".
	(3) Strike the recital to the SECTION of the bill amending
	Section 81.003(7), Health and Safety Code, and substitute the
	following:
	SECTION ____. Section 81.003, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by amending Subdivision (7) and adding Subdivision (7-a) to
	read as follows:
	(4) In the SECTION of the bill amending Section 81.003,
	Health and Safety Code, immediately after amended Section
	81.003(7), Health and Safety Code, insert the following:
	(7-a) "Public health emergency" means a determination
	by the commissioner, evidenced in an emergency order issued by the
	commissioner, that there exists an immediate threat from a
	communicable disease, health condition, or chemical, biological,
	radiological, or electromagnetic exposure that:
	(A) potentially poses a risk of death or severe
	illness or harm to the public; and
	(B) potentially creates a substantial risk of
	harmful exposure to the public.
	(5) In the SECTION of the bill adding Sections 81.0813,
	81.0814, and 81.0815, Health and Safety Code, in the heading to
	added Section 81.0813, Health and Safety Code, between "DISASTER"
	and the underlined period, insert "OR ORDER PUBLIC HEALTH
	EMERGENCY".
	(6) In the SECTION of the bill adding Sections 81.0813,
	81.0814, and 81.0815, Health and Safety Code, in added Section
	81.0813(a), Health and Safety Code, in the first sentence of that
	subsection, between "disaster" and "if", insert "or order a
	statewide or regional public health emergency".
	(7) In the SECTION of the bill adding Sections 81.0813,
	81.0814, and 81.0815, Health and Safety Code, in added Section
	81.0813, Health and Safety Code, strike Subsections (b), (c), (d),
	and (e) of that section and substitute the following:
	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a public health
	disaster or public health emergency continues until the governor or
	commissioner terminates the disaster or emergency on a finding
	that:
	(1) the threat or danger has passed; or
	(2) the disaster or emergency has been managed to the
	extent emergency conditions no longer exist.
	(c) A public health disaster or public health emergency
	expires on the 30th day after the date the disaster or emergency is
	declared or ordered by the commissioner. A public health disaster
	may only be renewed by the legislature or by the commissioner with
	the approval of a designated legislative oversight board that has
	been granted authority under a statute enacted by the legislature
	to approve the renewal of a public health disaster declaration.
	Each renewal period may not exceed 30 days.
	(d) A declaration or order issued under this section must
	include:
	(1) a description of the nature of the disaster or
	emergency;
	(2) a designation of the area threatened by the
	disaster or emergency;
	(3) a description of the condition that created the
	disaster or emergency; and
	(4) if applicable:
	(A) the reason for renewing the disaster or
	emergency; or
	(B) the reason for terminating the disaster or
	emergency.
	(e) A declaration or order issued under this section must be
	disseminated promptly by means intended to bring its contents to
	the public's attention. A statewide or regional declaration or
	order shall be filed promptly with the office of the governor and
	the secretary of state. A regional declaration or order shall be
	filed with the county clerk or municipal secretary in each area to
	which it applies, unless the circumstances attendant on the
	disaster or emergency prevent or impede the filing.
	(8) In the SECTION of the bill adding Sections 81.0813,
	81.0814, and 81.0815, Health and Safety Code, in added Section
	81.0814, Health and Safety Code, between "disaster" and the
	underlined comma, insert "or ordering a public health emergency".
	(9) Strike the SECTION of the bill repealing Sections
	81.082(d) and (e), Health and Safety Code, and substitute the
	following:
	SECTION ____. Section 81.082(e), Health and Safety Code, is
	repealed.



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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House



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	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 59 was adopted by the Senate
	on May 31, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 59 was adopted by the House
	on May 31, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0,
	one present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	Received:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Secretary of State