Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 756 amends the Government Code to provide that the chief administrative officer of a joint airport board whose constituent agencies are home-rule municipalities with populations greater than 400,000 has the exclusive authority to declare that a local state of disaster exists within the boundaries of an airport operated or controlled by the joint board, regardless of whether the airport is located inside or outside the boundaries of a political subdivision. The bill also allows the joint board to directly request assistance from the county emergency management program when its own resources are exceeded.