Citizens are encouraged to report damage to homes and businesses using the Individual State of Texas Assessment Tool (iSTAT). These reports help emergency management officials determine if the state meets federal requirements for additional disaster assistance.
This guide provides information to small and medium sized businesses about business continuity, insurance and protecting your business. Sample forms are included.
The State Bar of Texas created this guide to legal questions from those affected by disasters. Chapter 4 is about landlord/tenant issues and addresses commercial leases in Questions 4-25 and 4-26.
This chapter discusses prohibitions on employment discrimination against employees participating in a disaster-related evacuation due to a government-issued evacuation order.
This guide from the Department of Labor provides information on the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. On page 8 it states that a natural disaster qualifies as an exception to the 60-day notice requirement.
Information about the disaster assistance programs available through the USDA help farmers, ranchers, communities, and businesses that have been hard hit by natural disaster events.
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