I, RICK PERRY, Governor of Texas, do hereby certify that there is an extreme fire hazard that poses a threat of imminent disaster in the counties of Andrews, Armstrong, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Baylor, Bee, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Brazoria, Brazos, Brewster, Brown, Burnet, Caldwell, Calhoun, Callahan, Castro, Chambers, Childress, Cochran, Coke, Coleman, Comal, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Crane, Dallam, Delta, Denton, Dickens, Dimmit, Duval, Eastland, Edwards, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fisher, Floyd, Freestone, Gillespie, Gonzales, Gray, Grayson, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Hardin, Haskell, Hays, Hood, Howard, Hudspeth, Hunt, Hutchinson, Irion, Jefferson, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Johnson, Jones, Karnes, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, Kleberg, Knox, La Salle, Lamb, Lampasas, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Limestone, Live Oak, Llano, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, Madison, Martin, Matagorda, Maverick, McLennan, Medina, Menard, Midland, Milam, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Morris, Navarro, Nolan, Nueces, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Parker, Parmer, Pecos, Presidio, Rains, Real, Refugio, Robertson, Runnels, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Sherman, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Sterling, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Travis, Upton, Uvalde, Val Verde, Victoria, Walker, Ward, Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wheeler, Wilbarger, Williamson, Wilson, Winkler, Wise, Young, and Zavala, beginning January 16, 2009, and continuing.

As provided in Section 418.016 of the code, all rules and regulations that may inhibit or prevent prompt response to this threat are suspended for the duration of the state of disaster.

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 30th day of January, 2009.

RICK PERRY
Governor

Attested by:
ESPERANZA "HOPE" ANDRADE
Secretary of State