1-1 By: Chisum (Senate Sponsor - Bivins) H.B. No. 1233
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 1993;
1-3 April 13, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 12, 1993, reported favorably by
1-5 the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 12, 1993, sent to
1-6 printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Armbrister x
1-10 Leedom x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Madla x
1-14 Moncrief x
1-15 Patterson x
1-16 Rosson x
1-17 Shapiro x
1-18 Wentworth x
1-19 Whitmire x
1-20 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-21 AN ACT
1-22 relating to emergency access to private land by persons designated
1-23 by a commissioners court of a county.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 11, Local Government Code, is
1-26 amended by adding Chapter 360 to read as follows:
1-27 CHAPTER 360. MISCELLANEOUS COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS
1-28 Sec. 360.001. EMERGENCY ENTRY ON PRIVATE LAND. (a) The
1-29 commissioners court may authorize appropriate persons to enter
1-30 private land as the commissioners court determines necessary to
1-31 protect individuals or domestic or exotic animals endangered by a
1-32 natural emergency.
1-33 (b) The commissioners court shall make all reasonable
1-34 efforts to notify at least one owner or occupant of the land and
1-35 obtain permission before authorizing entry onto the land.
1-36 (c) In this section, "natural emergency" means the
1-37 occurrence or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage,
1-38 injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural
1-39 cause, including fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, or snow.
1-40 The term "natural emergency" does not include drought.
1-41 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-42 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-43 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-44 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-45 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-46 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-47 passage, and it is so enacted.
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1-49 Austin,
1-50 Texas
1-51 May 12, 1993
1-52 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-53 President of the Senate
1-54 Sir:
1-55 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
1-56 referred H.B. No. 1233, have had the same under consideration, and
1-57 I am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
1-58 recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
1-59 Armbrister,
1-60 Chairman
1-61 * * * * *
1-62 WITNESSES
1-63 FOR AGAINST ON
1-64 ___________________________________________________________________
1-65 Name: Jim Allison x
1-66 Representing: County Judges & Comm. Assoc.
1-67 City: Austin
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2-1 Name: Susan Wendel x
2-2 Representing: Tx Assoc. of Counties
2-3 City: Austin
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