Bill Text: TX HB3022 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to emergency warning systems operated by municipalities and counties.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB3022 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3022-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3022 | ||
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| 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 | ||
