Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 81B.001 - [Multiple versions] Definition 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. Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81B.001
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1029,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2023.