Tex. Gov't Code § 418.195 · Subchapter H. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
ATTORNEY GENERAL AS LEGAL ADVISOR ON ISSUES RELATED TO DECLARED DISASTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 70 (S.B. 416), Sec. 1, eff. May 20, 2019.
Redesignated from Government Code, Section 418.193 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.001(27), eff. September 1, 2021.
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