Tex. Gov't Code § 433.001 · Chapter 433. STATE OF EMERGENCY

PROCLAMATION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

On application of the chief executive officer or governing body of a county or municipality during an emergency, the governor may proclaim a state of emergency and designate the area involved. For the purposes of this section an emergency exists in the following situations:

(1) a riot or unlawful assembly by three or more persons acting together by use of force or violence;

(2) if a clear and present danger of the use of violence exists; or

(3) a natural or man-made disaster.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.433.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions

Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 433.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

Civil Practice and Remedies Code

Code of Criminal Procedure

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56B.102EMERGENCY AWARD.Printed as Section 433.001, Government Code

Tax Code

Tex. Tax Code § 31.032INSTALLMENT PAYMENTS OF TAXES ON PROPERTY IN DISASTER AREA OR EMERGENCY AREA THAT HAS BEEN DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF DISASTER OR EMERGENCY.Printed as Section 433.001, Government Code

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