Bill Text: TX HB2827 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of homeland security activity.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2827 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2827-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of homeland security activity.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2827 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2827-Comm_Sub.html
By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Garcia) | H.B. No. 2827 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015; | ||
May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Border | ||
Security; May 18, 2015, reported favorably to Committee on Veteran | ||
Affairs and Military Installations; May 21, 2015, reported | ||
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the definition of homeland security activity. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 421.001(3), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Homeland security activity" means any activity | ||
related to the prevention or discovery of, response to, or recovery | ||
from: | ||
(A) a terrorist attack; [ |
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(B) a natural or man-made disaster; [ |
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(C) a hostile military or paramilitary action; [ |
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(D) an extraordinary law enforcement emergency; | ||
or | ||
(E) a fire or medical emergency requiring | ||
resources beyond the capabilities of a local jurisdiction. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
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