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OF ,Liiii7ii0 <br /> .ti <br /> rw, <br /> '1-----kit ,,,_---. ' <br /> EXTENSION OF DISASTER DECLARATION <br /> WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020,the Mayor of the City of La Porte, Texas issued a proclamation <br /> declaring a state of disaster for the City of La Porte, Texas, resulting from COVID-19 (novel <br /> coronavirus). <br /> WHEREAS,the conditions necessitating declaration of a state of disaster continue to exist; and <br /> WHEREAS, §418.108(b)of the Texas Government Code provides that a local state of disaster <br /> may not be continued for a period of excess of seven days without the consent of the governing <br /> body of the political subdivision; <br /> WHEREAS,the La Porte City Council approved an extension of the local disaster declaration <br /> for the City of La Porte on March 20, 2020, until April 3, 2020, at midnight; <br /> NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA <br /> PORTE, TEXAS: <br /> 1. That the declaration of disaster proclaimed for the City of La Porte, Texas,by the <br /> Mayor on March 13, 2020, and extended by the City Council on March 20, 2020, until April 3, <br /> 2020, at midnight, shall continue in effect until such time as the Covid-19 Disaster Declaration <br /> issued by Texas Governor Greg Abbott on March 13, 2020, expires or is withdrawn, unless <br /> sooner terminated by executive order of the Mayor or by the City Council. <br /> 2. This declaration is passed as an emergency measure and pursuant to Sec. 26-3 of <br /> the La Porte Code of Ordinances and shall become effective on the 30th day of March, 2020. <br /> PASSED AND ADOPTED,this 30th day of March, 2020. <br /> APPROVED,this 30th day of March, 2020. <br /> LA <br /> Louis . Rigby, :, <br /> Ci .f La Porte, as <br />