Bill Text: TX SB1233 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to a study of the disaster preparedness for certain state military installations.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-25 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1233 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1233-Comm_Sub.html
 
 
  By: Seliger  S.B. No. 1233
         (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border
  Security; April 1, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 1, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a study of the disaster preparedness for each state
  military installation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 437, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 437.164 to read as follows:
         Sec. 437.164.  DISASTER PREPAREDNESS STUDY. (a)  The
  department shall study each Texas military forces facility to
  determine the facility's preparedness for natural disasters,
  including hurricanes, tornadoes, severe storms, floods, and
  extreme weather events. The department shall identify enhancements
  to each facility necessary to improve the installation's disaster
  preparedness.
         (b)  Not later than December 1, 2022, the department shall
  report its findings and any recommendations to the legislature.
         (c)  This section expires September 1, 2023.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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