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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the expiration and extension of certain public health |
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orders issued by a health authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 121, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 121.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 121.026. EXPIRATION AND EXTENSION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC |
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HEALTH ORDERS ISSUED BY HEALTH AUTHORITY. (a) This section applies |
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only to a public health order imposed on more than one individual, |
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animal, place, or object. |
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(b) A public health order issued by a health authority under |
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this chapter or other law expires on the eighth day following the |
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date the order is issued unless, before the eighth day by majority |
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vote: |
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(1) the governing body of a municipality or the |
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commissioners court of a county that appointed the health authority |
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extends the order for a longer period; or |
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(2) if the health authority is jointly appointed by a |
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municipality and county, the commissioner's court of the county |
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extends the order for a longer period. |
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SECTION 2. Section 121.026, Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to a public health order issued by a |
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health authority on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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public health order issued by a health authority before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the |
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public health order was issued, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |