TITLE: Relating to restrictions on disaster remediation contracts following a locally declared disaster.

SUMMARY: Relating to restrictions on disaster remediation contracts following a locally declared disaster.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to restrictions on disaster remediation contracts following a locally declared disaster. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 57.001(3), Business & Commerce Code, as added by Chapter 979 (H.B. 1711), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is amended to read as follows: (3) "Natural disaster" means the occurrence of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property related to any natural cause, including fire, flood, earthquake, wind, storm, or wave action, that results in a disaster declaration by the governor or a local disaster declaration by a county judge under Chapter 418, Government Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.