Bill Text: TX HB2643 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development of a plan for the provision of food and water in an emergency to certain housing facilities operated by public housing authorities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Urban Affairs [HB2643 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2643-Introduced.html
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By: Campos | H.B. No. 2643 |
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relating to the development of a plan for the provision of food and | ||
water in an emergency to certain housing facilities operated by | ||
public housing authorities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 392, Local Government | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 392.068 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 392.068. PLAN FOR PROVISION OF NECESSITIES IN | ||
EMERGENCY. (a) For each housing facility operated by a housing | ||
authority in which at least 50 percent of the residents are elderly | ||
or disabled individuals, the authority shall coordinate with a | ||
local food bank to develop a plan for the provision of food and | ||
water to the residents of the facility in the event of an emergency, | ||
including a severe weather event. | ||
(b) A plan developed under this section may include the | ||
storage of water and nonperishable food items at a housing facility | ||
described by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |