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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 81B.001

DEFINITION

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029 (S.B. 401), Sec. 1, eff

In this chapter, "designated public health disaster period" means a period:

(1) based on a threat to the public health, including a threat from:

(A) a chemical, biological, explosive, nuclear, or radiological attack or incident; or

(B) a communicable disease, epidemic, or pandemic;

(2) beginning on the earlier of the date:

(A) the governor issues a proclamation or executive order declaring a state of disaster under Chapter 418, Government Code, for any area of this state;

(B) the president of the United States declares a state of disaster that includes an area of this state as part of the federally declared disaster area; or

(C) a disaster described by Paragraph (A) or (B) occurs; and

(3) ending on the 30th day after the date the disaster declaration expires or is terminated.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.