Section 121.026 - Expiration and Extension of Certain Public Health Orders Issued By Health Authority(a) This section applies only to a public health order imposed on more than one individual, animal, place, or object.(b) A public health order issued by a health authority under this chapter or other law expires on the 15th day following the date the order is issued unless, before the 15th day by majority vote:(1) the governing body of a municipality or the commissioners court of a county that appointed the health authority extends the order for a longer period; or(2) if the health authority is jointly appointed by a municipality and county, the commissioner's court of the county extends the order for a longer period.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 121.026
Added by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 862,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2021.