Bill Text: TX HB7 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political subdivisions.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-4)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-13 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB7-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 7 | ||
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| relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political | ||
| subdivisions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.0155 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.0155. SUSPENSION LIST. (a) The governor's | ||
| office, using existing resources, shall compile and maintain a | ||
| comprehensive list of regulatory statutes and rules that may | ||
| require suspension during a disaster. | ||
| (b) On request by the governor's office, a state agency that | ||
| would be impacted by the suspension of a statute or rule on the list | ||
| compiled under Subsection (a) shall review the list for accuracy | ||
| and shall advise the governor's office regarding any statutes or | ||
| rules that should be added to the list. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 418.054 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 418.054. DISASTER PREPARATION CONTRACTS. (a) The | ||
| division, in consultation with other state agencies the division | ||
| considers appropriate, shall develop a plan to assist political | ||
| subdivisions of this state with executing contracts for services | ||
| that political subdivisions are likely to need following a | ||
| disaster. The plan must include: | ||
| (1) training on the benefits to a political | ||
| subdivision from executing disaster preparation contracts in | ||
| advance of a disaster; | ||
| (2) recommendations on the services political | ||
| subdivisions are likely to need following a disaster, including | ||
| debris management and infrastructure repair; and | ||
| (3) assistance to political subdivisions with finding | ||
| persons capable of providing the services described by Subdivision | ||
| (2) and executing contracts with those persons in advance of a | ||
| disaster. | ||
| (b) The division shall consult with the comptroller | ||
| regarding including a contract for services a political subdivision | ||
| is likely to need following a disaster, including debris management | ||
| and infrastructure repair, on the schedule of multiple award | ||
| contracts developed under Subchapter I, Chapter 2155, or as part of | ||
| another cooperative purchasing program administered by the | ||
| comptroller. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 7 was passed by the House on April 18, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 7 was passed by the Senate on May 21, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
