88R203 RDS-D
 
  By: Turner H.B. No. 3935
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the governor's authority during the recovery period
  following a state of disaster declaration.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 418.015(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  During a state of disaster [and the following recovery
  period], the governor is the commander in chief of state agencies,
  boards, and commissions having emergency responsibilities. To the
  greatest extent possible, the governor shall delegate or assign
  command authority by prior arrangement embodied in appropriate
  executive orders or plans, but this chapter does not restrict the
  governor's authority to do so by orders issued at the time of the
  disaster.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.