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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to creating limited purpose disaster declaration |
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authority for the governor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 418.025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.025. LIMITED PURPOSE DECLARATION. (a) If the |
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governor determines that a disaster can be adequately addressed |
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without invoking all the powers and duties provided by this |
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subchapter, the governor may, by proclamation or executive order, |
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issue a limited purpose disaster declaration invoking only the |
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authority provided by Sections 418.016(a) and (e). |
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(b) A declaration made under this section is subject to |
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Section 418.014. |
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SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |