86R6818 MP-D
 
  By: Walle H.B. No. 3751
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to legal counsel provided by the attorney general to a
  political subdivision subject to a declared state of disaster.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 418.193 to read as follows:
         Sec. 418.193.  ATTORNEY GENERAL AS LEGAL ADVISOR ON ISSUES
  RELATED TO DECLARED DISASTER.  (a)  This section applies only during
  a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014 and the 90-day
  period following the expiration or termination of the disaster
  declaration.
         (b)  The attorney general may provide legal counsel to a
  political subdivision subject to a declared state of disaster under
  Section 418.014 on issues related to disaster mitigation,
  preparedness, response, and recovery applicable to the area subject
  to the disaster declaration.
         (c)  A request for counsel under this section may be
  submitted only by:
               (1)  the emergency management director designated
  under Section 418.1015 for the political subdivision;
               (2)  the county judge or a commissioner of a county
  subject to the declaration; or
               (3)  the mayor of a municipality subject to the
  declaration.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.