Bill Text: TX HB2979 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to backup power supply requirements for certain critical facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to State Affairs [HB2979 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2979-Introduced.html
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By: Paul | H.B. No. 2979 |
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relating to backup power supply requirements for certain critical | ||
facilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 771.051(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission is the state's authority on emergency | ||
communications. The commission shall: | ||
(1) administer the implementation of statewide 9-1-1 | ||
service and the poison control network, including poison control | ||
centers under Chapter 777; | ||
(2) develop minimum performance standards for | ||
equipment and operation of 9-1-1 service to be followed in | ||
developing regional plans under Section 771.055, including | ||
requirements that the plans provide for: | ||
(A) automatic number identification by which the | ||
telephone number of the caller is automatically identified at the | ||
public safety answering point receiving the call; [ |
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(B) the installation and use of a backup power | ||
supply for a power outage; and | ||
(C) other features the commission considers | ||
appropriate; | ||
(3) examine and approve or disapprove regional plans | ||
as provided by Section 771.056; | ||
(4) recommend minimum training standards, assist in | ||
training, and provide assistance in the establishment and operation | ||
of 9-1-1 service; | ||
(5) allocate money to prepare and operate regional | ||
plans as provided by Section 771.056; | ||
(6) develop and provide public education materials and | ||
training; | ||
(7) plan, implement, operate, and maintain poison | ||
control center databases and assist in planning, supporting, and | ||
facilitating 9-1-1 databases, as needed; | ||
(8) provide grants or contracts for services that | ||
enhance the effectiveness of 9-1-1 service; | ||
(9) coordinate emergency communications services and | ||
providers; | ||
(10) make reasonable efforts to gain voluntary | ||
cooperation in the commission's activities of emergency | ||
communications authorities and providers outside the commission's | ||
jurisdiction, including: | ||
(A) making joint communications to state and | ||
federal regulators; and | ||
(B) arranging cooperative purchases of equipment | ||
or services; and | ||
(11) accept, receive, and deposit in its account in | ||
the general revenue fund gifts, grants, and royalties from public | ||
and private entities. Gifts, grants, and royalties may be used for | ||
the purposes of the commission. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 552.001, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) A municipality that owns or operates a utility system to | ||
provide water service shall ensure that the utility system has a | ||
backup power supply for water treatment during a power outage. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 13.241, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: | ||
(d-1) The utility commission may not grant a new certificate | ||
of convenience and necessity to an applicant unless the applicant | ||
demonstrates that the applicant has a backup power supply for water | ||
treatment during a power outage. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |