Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 418.195 - Attorney General As Legal Advisor on Issues Related to Declared Disaster(a) This section applies only during a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014 and the 90-day period following the expiration or termination of the disaster declaration.(b) The attorney general may provide legal counsel to a political subdivision subject to a declared state of disaster under Section 418.014 on issues related to disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery applicable to the area subject to the disaster declaration.(c) A request for counsel under this section may be submitted only by: (1) the emergency management director designated under Section 418.1015 for the political subdivision;(2) the county judge or a commissioner of a county subject to the declaration; or(3) the mayor of a municipality subject to the declaration.Tex. Gov't. Code § 418.195
Renumbered from Tex. Gov't. Code § 418.193 by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 915,Sec. 21.001, eff. 9/1/2021.Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 70,Sec. 1, eff. 5/20/2019.