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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 81B.001. Definition

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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.

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