Bill Text: TX HB7 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to disaster preparation for state agencies and political subdivisions.
Spectrum: 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. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |