Bill Text: TX HB4067 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a wet debris work group.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Water & Rural Affairs [HB4067 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4067-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a wet debris work group.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - Referred to Water & Rural Affairs [HB4067 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4067-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Murr | H.B. No. 4067 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4067: | |||
By: Lang | C.S.H.B. No. 4067 |
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relating to the creation of a wet debris work group. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 418.054. WET DEBRIS WORK GROUP. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Wet debris" means natural or man-made debris | ||
located in bodies of water, including lakes, rivers, streams, bays, | ||
wetlands, and tidal areas, that results from a disaster. | ||
(2) "Work group" means the wet debris work group | ||
established under this section. | ||
(b) The wet debris work group is established and consists of | ||
at least 13 but not more than 21 representatives of local, state, | ||
and federal governmental entities and private entities who are | ||
appointed by the governor from a list submitted by the lieutenant | ||
governor and speaker of the house of representatives. The governor | ||
shall, to the extent possible, appoint to the work group | ||
representatives of: | ||
(1) the division; | ||
(2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; | ||
(3) the Texas Department of Transportation; | ||
(4) the General Land Office; | ||
(5) the Texas Historical Commission; | ||
(6) the Federal Emergency Management Agency; | ||
(7) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric | ||
Administration; | ||
(8) the United States Army Corps of Engineers; | ||
(9) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and | ||
(10) local governments. | ||
(c) A representative of the division appointed to the work | ||
group shall serve as presiding officer of the work group. | ||
(d) The work group shall conduct a study to: | ||
(1) identify: | ||
(A) wet debris removal categories for bodies of | ||
water in the state and the applicable laws for each category; | ||
(B) current jurisdictions of local, state, | ||
federal, and private entities responsible for wet debris removal, | ||
including any concurrent, joint, or overlapping roles and | ||
responsibilities of those entities; | ||
(C) funding sources applicable to each wet debris | ||
removal category; and | ||
(D) issues that impede wet debris removal; and | ||
(2) provide recommendations for: | ||
(A) minimizing impediments to wet debris | ||
removal; | ||
(B) clarifying local, state, federal, and | ||
private entities' roles and responsibilities for wet debris | ||
removal; and | ||
(C) educating interested persons on the results | ||
of the study described by this subsection. | ||
(e) Not later than November 1, 2020, the work group shall | ||
submit a report containing the results of the study described by | ||
Subsection (d) to each member of the legislature. | ||
(f) The work group is abolished and this section expires | ||
January 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than November 1, 2019, the governor | ||
shall appoint members to the wet debris work group as required by | ||
Section 418.054, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |