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      88(3) HB 145 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88S30297 MCK-D
         
		By:  Raymond
            H.B.  No.  145
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of 
         
            certain organizations that benefit veterans during certain 
         
            declared states 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 during a pandemic that restricts 
         
            the operation of or the hours of operation for a business that sells 
         
            alcoholic beverages may not include an organization exempt from 
         
            federal taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 
         
            1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c)(19) of that 
         
            code, that benefits veterans of the United States armed forces.
         
                          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 on the 91st day after the 
         
            last day of the legislative session.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 418.012 (Government Code 418)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of
	certain organizations that benefit veterans during certain
	declared states 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 during a pandemic that restricts
	the operation of or the hours of operation for a business that sells
	alcoholic beverages may not include an organization exempt from
	federal taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of
	1986, as an organization described by Section 501(c)(19) of that
	code, that benefits veterans of the United States armed forces.
	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 on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.