Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced during a 3.13.2020 Press Conference that he has declared a State of Disaster. Read the proclamation.
Office of the Governor: https://gov.texas.gov/
This proclamation puts into motion a number of actions:
- Authorizing the use of all available and necessary state government resources to help manage this situation.
- Activating the state emergency management plan and the State Operations Center to enhance the state’s planning and response capabilities.
- Giving Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) the ability to reassign & fully utilize appropriate personnel where they are needed most.
- Providing the immediate ability to move resources around the state, including resources obtained through the Strategic National Stockpile.
- Empowering the Office of the Texas Attorney General (OAG) to pursue cases of price-gouging and ensure that offenders are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.