Bill Text: TX HB2345 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-11)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2345-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 26-11)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2345 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2345-Comm_Sub.html
86R22426 SLB-F | |||
By: Walle, Paul, et al. | H.B. No. 2345 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2345: | |||
By: Israel | C.S.H.B. No. 2345 |
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relating to resources to facilitate disaster mitigation, response, | ||
and recovery. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 16.061 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 16.061. FLOOD MITIGATION AND RESILIENCY. The board | ||
shall: | ||
(1) create an inventory of flood mitigation and | ||
resiliency projects; | ||
(2) develop a method of prioritizing projects | ||
described by Subdivision (1); and | ||
(3) coordinate with the Institute for a Disaster | ||
Resilient Texas, created under Section 86.82, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter E, Chapter 86, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 86.82 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 86.82. INSTITUTE FOR A DISASTER RESILIENT TEXAS. (a) | ||
In this section, "institute" means the Institute for a Disaster | ||
Resilient Texas. | ||
(b) The Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas is a | ||
component of Texas A&M University. | ||
(c) The institute is under the management and direction of | ||
the board. | ||
(d) The institute shall: | ||
(1) develop data analytics tools to support disaster | ||
planning, mitigation, response, and recovery by the state, its | ||
political subdivisions, and the public; | ||
(2) create and maintain web-based analytical and | ||
visual tools to communicate disaster risks and ways to reduce those | ||
risks, including tools that work on the level of individual parcels | ||
of land; | ||
(3) provide evidence-based information and solutions | ||
to aid in the formation of state and local partnerships to support | ||
disaster planning, mitigation, response, and recovery; | ||
(4) collect, display, and communicate comprehensive | ||
flood-related information, including applicable updated inundation | ||
maps, for use by decision-makers and the public; | ||
(5) discuss, study, and test ideas for flood planning | ||
and mitigation; and | ||
(6) collaborate with other components of The Texas A&M | ||
University System, institutions of higher education, as that term | ||
is defined by Section 61.003, state agencies, local governments, | ||
and other political subdivisions to accomplish the purposes of this | ||
section. | ||
(e) The institute may employ personnel, including experts | ||
in planning, engineering, hydrology, ecology, and economics. | ||
(f) The institute may accept a gift or grant from any public | ||
or private source for the benefit of the institute. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) In this Act, "committee" means the Flood | ||
Event Partnership Options Special Study Committee. | ||
(b) The Flood Event Partnership Options Special Study | ||
Committee is established and consists of nine persons appointed by | ||
the governor to represent the flooding-related interests of the | ||
following: | ||
(1) state agencies; | ||
(2) federal agencies; | ||
(3) local governments, including counties and | ||
municipalities; | ||
(4) conservation and reclamation districts and other | ||
special purpose districts with authority over water resources or | ||
waterways; and | ||
(5) nonprofit entities. | ||
(c) The governor shall appoint persons to serve on the | ||
committee not later than October 1, 2019. | ||
(d) The committee shall conduct a study of the appropriate | ||
structure, means of administration, and membership of state-local | ||
partnerships to address flooding events in this state. | ||
(e) The study must address: | ||
(1) which state and local entities are interested in | ||
and capable of participating in effective partnerships to prevent, | ||
mitigate, or address flooding events in this state; | ||
(2) the role that flood planning at the watershed | ||
level may play in a state-local partnership's efforts to prevent, | ||
mitigate, or address flooding events in this state; | ||
(3) the possible negative effects efforts in a local | ||
area to prevent, mitigate, or address flooding events may have in | ||
neighboring areas; | ||
(4) whether state-local partnerships to prevent, | ||
mitigate, or address flooding events in this state may function | ||
more effectively on a required basis or voluntary basis and how the | ||
organization and structure of the partnerships may differ according | ||
to whether it is a required or voluntary relationship; | ||
(5) what incentives are available or may be made | ||
available to encourage effective state-local partnerships to | ||
prevent, mitigate, or address flooding events in this state; | ||
(6) what manner of funding is available or may be made | ||
available to foster effective state-local partnerships to prevent, | ||
mitigate, or address flooding events in this state; | ||
(7) appropriate roles for various partners in | ||
state-local partnerships to prevent, mitigate, or address flooding | ||
events in this state; | ||
(8) the most effective types of projects a state-local | ||
partnership could propose to prevent, mitigate, or address flooding | ||
events; and | ||
(9) which information is best applied by state-local | ||
partnerships to prevent, mitigate, or address flooding events and | ||
how that information may most effectively be gathered and shared. | ||
(f) On the request of the committee, The Texas A&M | ||
University System shall provide the committee with assistance, | ||
necessary support staff, and facilities to conduct meetings. | ||
(g) The committee shall deliver to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and each member of the legislature a report on the determinations of | ||
the committee based on the study conducted under this section not | ||
later than December 1, 2020. The committee shall deliver to the | ||
governor, the lieutenant governor, or a member of the legislature | ||
related information on request. | ||
(h) The committee is abolished, and this section expires May | ||
1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |