Bill Text: TX HB1294 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to requiring certain persons to receive emergency management training.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1294 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1294-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to requiring certain persons to receive emergency management training.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1294 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1294-Introduced.html
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By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 1294 |
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relating to requiring certain persons to receive emergency | ||
management training. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 418.005(a), (b), (c), and (e), | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This section applies only to an officer, employee, or | ||
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(1) whose position description, job duties, or | ||
assignment includes emergency management responsibilities; or | ||
(2) who plays a role in emergency preparedness, | ||
response, or recovery. | ||
(b) Each person described by Subsection (a) shall complete a | ||
course of training provided or approved by the division of not less | ||
than three hours regarding the responsibilities of state and local | ||
governments under this chapter not later than the 180th day after | ||
the date the person: | ||
(1) takes the oath of office, if the person is required | ||
to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties as a public | ||
officer; or | ||
(2) otherwise assumes responsibilities with the state | ||
or a political subdivision [ |
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not required to take an oath of office to assume the person's | ||
duties. | ||
(c) The division shall develop and provide a training course | ||
related to the emergency management responsibilities of | ||
state-level officers, employees, and volunteers and a training | ||
course related to the emergency management responsibilities of | ||
officers, employees, and volunteers of political subdivisions. The | ||
division shall ensure that the training courses satisfy the | ||
requirements of Subsection (b). | ||
(e) The division or other entity providing the training | ||
shall provide a certificate of course completion to a person | ||
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this section. A person [ |
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required by this section shall maintain and make available for | ||
public inspection the record of the person's [ |
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completion of the training. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2020, each person who is | ||
required to complete a course of training under Section 418.005, | ||
Government Code, as amended by this Act, must complete the | ||
training. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |