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AN ACT
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relating to restrictions on disaster remediation contracts |
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following a locally declared disaster. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 57.001(3), Business & Commerce Code, as |
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added by Chapter 979 (H.B. 1711), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows: |
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(3) "Natural disaster" means the occurrence of |
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widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property |
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related to any natural cause, including fire, flood, earthquake, |
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wind, storm, or wave action, that results in a disaster declaration |
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by the governor or a local disaster declaration by a county judge |
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under Chapter 418, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 762 was passed by the House on April |
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25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 762 was passed by the Senate on May |
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15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |