By: Perry S.B. No. 1897               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the declaration of a local state of disaster.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 418.108, Government Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (c) and by adding Subsections (b-1)   and (d-1) to read as follows:          (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), the presiding   officer of the governing body of a political subdivision may   declare a local state of disaster if the presiding officer finds a   disaster has occurred or that the occurrence or threat of disaster   is imminent.          (b-1) An order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or   terminating a local state of disaster issued under this section   must include:                (1) a description of the nature of the disaster;                (2) a designation of the area threatened; and                (3) a description of the conditions that have brought   the local state of disaster about or made possible the termination   of the local state of disaster.          (c) An order or proclamation declaring, continuing, or   terminating a local state of disaster shall be given prompt and   general publicity and shall be filed promptly with the city   secretary, the county clerk, or the joint board's official records,   as applicable.  If the political subdivision to which the order or   proclamation applies maintains an Internet website, a copy of the   order or proclamation shall also be posted on the political   subdivision's Internet website.          (d-1) In accordance with Section 418.016(e), the presiding   officer of a political subdivision may request the governor to   waive or suspend a deadline imposed by a statute or the orders or   rules of a state agency on the political subdivision, including a   deadline relating to a budget or ad valorem tax, if the waiver or   suspension is reasonably necessary for the political subdivision to   cope with a local disaster declared under this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.