81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1998, Chapter 185 Page: 1 of 4
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Chapter 185
H.B. No. 1998
1 AN ACT
2 relating to temporary housing and emergency shelters provided by a
3 political subdivision for disaster victims.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Section 418.004, Government Code, is amended by
6 adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows:
7 (6-a) "Public facility" has the meaning assigned by
8 Section 102, Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
9 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Section 5122).
10 SECTION 2. Section 418.020, Government Code, is amended to
11 read as follows:
12 Sec. 418.020. TEMPORARY HOUSING AND EMERGENCY SHELTER. (a)
13 The governor may enter into purchase, lease, or other arrangements
14 with an agency of the United States for temporary housing units to
15 be occupied by disaster victims and may make units available to any
16 political subdivision.
17 (b) The governor may assist a political subdivision that is
18 the locus of temporary housing or emergency shelters for disaster
19 victims to acquire sites necessary for temporary housing or
20 emergency shelters and to do all things required to prepare the
21 sites to receive and use temporary housing units or emergency
22 shelters by:
23 (1) advancing or lending funds available to the
24 governor from any appropriation made by the legislature or from any1
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 81st Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1998, Chapter 185, legislative document, May 27, 2009; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth148427/m1/1/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.