Bill Text: TX HB4517 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to disaster mitigation for critical infrastructure sectors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-21 - Left pending in committee [HB4517 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4517-Introduced.html
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| By: White | H.B. No. 4517 | |
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| relating to disaster mitigation for critical infrastructure | ||
| sectors. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.130 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.130. CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) "Chief" means the chief of the division appointed | ||
| under Section 418.041. | ||
| (2) "Critical infrastructure sector" means a critical | ||
| infrastructure sector identified in Presidential Policy Directive | ||
| 21 (PPD-21), Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience | ||
| (2013). | ||
| (b) The chief shall: | ||
| (1) establish and maintain a disaster mitigation | ||
| program for preventing discontinuation of or disruption to each | ||
| critical infrastructure sector; | ||
| (2) require the division to include disaster | ||
| mitigation provisions for preventing discontinuation of or | ||
| disruption to each critical infrastructure sector in the state | ||
| emergency management plan; | ||
| (3) seek appropriate funding sources as needed to | ||
| establish and maintain the program described by Subdivision (1); | ||
| (4) coordinate with federal, state, and local | ||
| officials on the program described by Subdivision (1); | ||
| (5) ensure that the program described by Subdivision | ||
| (1) is updated annually; and | ||
| (6) contract with an independent auditor to annually | ||
| audit the program described by Subdivision (1). | ||
| (c) The chief may consult with the governor, lieutenant | ||
| governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and other | ||
| experts as necessary on the aspects of the program described by | ||
| Subsection (b)(1) that involve private property rights. | ||
| (d) The chief shall submit the results of an audit conducted | ||
| under Subsection (b)(6) to the governor, lieutenant governor, and | ||
| speaker of the house of representatives who shall send confirmation | ||
| of the receipt of the results, along with any proposals for | ||
| addressing issues identified in the results, to the state auditor. | ||
| (e) After each legislative session, the state auditor shall | ||
| prepare a report on any changes in state law made to address issues | ||
| identified in the results of an audit conducted under Subsection | ||
| (b)(6). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
