87R10829 MCK-D
 
  By: Moody, Murr H.B. No. 3016
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prohibited suspension of a provision of the Code of
  Criminal Procedure or Penal Code during a declared state of
  disaster.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 418.012, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 418.012.  EXECUTIVE ORDERS. (a) Under this chapter,
  the governor may issue executive orders, proclamations, and
  regulations and amend or rescind them. Executive orders,
  proclamations, and regulations have the force and effect of law.
         (b)  An executive order, proclamation, or regulation issued
  by the governor under this chapter may not suspend a provision in
  the Code of Criminal Procedure or Penal Code.
         SECTION 2.  Section 418.012, Government Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to a declaration of a state of disaster
  issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A
  declaration issued before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
  of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2021.