Sec. 81B.001.  DEFINITION.  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.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029 (S.B. 401), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.