Disaster Proclamation issued for Cameron County
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:
I, GREG ABBOTT, Governor of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that the severe weather, tornado and flooding event that occurred between October 22, 2015, and October 31, 2015, has caused a disaster in Cameron County.
THEREFORE, in accordance with the authority vested in me by Section 418.014 of the Texas Government Code, I do hereby declare a state of disaster in Cameron County.
In accordance with the statutory requirements, copies of this proclamation shall be filed with the applicable authorities.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name and have officially caused the Seal of State to be affixed at my office in the City of Austin, Texas, this the 26th day of January, 2016.
GREG ABBOTT
Governor of Texas
View a PDF of the Proclamation here