SAN ANGELO, TX — Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday renewed and amended a disaster proclamation for the heavy rainfall and flooding that struck Tom Green County and 29 other central and south Texas counties beginning in July 2025.
The proclamation, signed June 16, 2026, keeps Tom Green County under the state disaster declaration originally issued after the 2025 event that caused widespread property damage, injuries and loss of life.
It authorizes the continued use of state resources and suspends certain regulations to speed up recovery efforts. Specifically, the order waives rules that could delay the transfer of bodies to families and allows faster contracting for repairs and debris removal by bypassing some normal procurement requirements.
The renewed declaration covers these counties: Bandera, Bexar, Burnet, Caldwell, Coke, Comal, Concho, Edwards, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Maverick, McCulloch, Menard, Real, Reeves, San Saba, Schleicher, Sutton, Tom Green, Travis, Uvalde and Williamson.
The action extends emergency authorities first granted last year so state agencies and local governments can continue recovery work without certain regulatory delays.
The proclamation was signed in Austin and takes effect immediately.
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