Bill Text: TX HB3022 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 3022 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to emergency warning systems operated by municipalities and counties.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3022 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB3022-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 3022




	AN ACT
	relating to emergency warning systems operated by municipalities
	and counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 418.1103 to read as follows:
	Sec. 418.1103. LOCAL EMERGENCY WARNING SYSTEM. (a) In this
	section, "contact information" means an individual's telephone
	number, mobile telephone number, physical address, or e-mail
	address.
	(b) For purposes of operating an emergency warning system
	for residents of a political subdivision, the political subdivision
	may contract with the department for disclosure by the department
	of the contact information of a political subdivision resident who
	consents to the disclosure for the purpose of participating in the
	system.
	(c) A participant in an emergency warning system described
	by Subsection (b) may request removal from the system by submitting
	a written request, including a text message from a cellular
	telephone or other wireless communication device, for removal to
	the applicable political subdivision. On receipt of the request,
	the applicable political subdivision shall remove the
	participant's contact information from the system and cease issuing
	emergency warnings to the former participant through the system.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 521.013 to read as follows:
	Sec. 521.013. VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL EMERGENCY
	WARNING SYSTEM. (a) In this section, "contact information" has the
	meaning assigned by Section 418.1103, Government Code.
	(b) When a person applies for an original or renewal
	driver's license under this chapter, the person may consent to:
	(1) participate in an emergency warning system
	described by Section 418.1103, Government Code; and
	(2) the disclosure by the department of the person's
	contact information to the municipality or county, or both, in
	which the person resides for the purpose of participating in an
	emergency warning system operated by the municipality or county.
	(c) The department shall include space on each application
	for an original or renewal driver's license that allows a person
	applying for an original or renewal driver's license to indicate
	whether the person consents to participate in an emergency warning
	system operated by the municipality or county, or both, in which the
	person resides and consents to disclosure by the department of the
	person's contact information to the municipality or county or both.
	(d) The department shall disclose a person's contact
	information to a municipality or county for participation in an
	emergency warning system if:
	(1) the person indicates the person's consent to
	participate in an emergency warning system and to the disclosure of
	the person's contact information under Subsection (b); and
	(2) the applicable municipality or county:
	(A) operates an emergency warning system; and
	(B) has contracted with the department for the
	disclosure of the person's contact information under Section
	418.1103, Government Code.
	(e) Contact information obtained by a municipality or
	county under this section may not be used or disclosed for any
	purpose other than enrolling a person in an emergency warning
	system and issuing warnings to the person through the system.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3022 was passed by the House on April
	11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3022 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor