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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to emergency management for cybersecurity events |
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threatening this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 418.002, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 418.002. PURPOSES. The purposes of this chapter are |
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to: |
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(1) reduce vulnerability of people and communities of |
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this state to damage, injury, and loss of life and property |
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resulting from natural or man-made catastrophes, riots, [or] |
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hostile military or paramilitary action, or cybersecurity events; |
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(2) prepare for prompt and efficient rescue, care, and |
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treatment of persons victimized or threatened by disaster; |
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(3) provide a setting conducive to the rapid and |
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orderly restoration and rehabilitation of persons and property |
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affected by disasters; |
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(4) clarify and strengthen the roles of the governor, |
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state agencies, the judicial branch of state government, and local |
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governments in prevention of, preparation for, response to, and |
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recovery from disasters; |
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(5) authorize and provide for cooperation in disaster |
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mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery; |
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(6) authorize and provide for coordination of |
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activities relating to disaster mitigation, preparedness, |
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response, and recovery by agencies and officers of this state, and |
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similar state-local, interstate, federal-state, and foreign |
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activities in which the state and its political subdivisions may |
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participate; |
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(7) provide an emergency management system embodying |
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all aspects of predisaster preparedness and postdisaster response; |
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(8) assist in mitigation of disasters caused or |
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aggravated by inadequate planning for and regulation of public and |
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private facilities and land use; |
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(9) encourage state agencies, local governments, |
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nongovernmental organizations, private entities, and individuals |
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to adopt the goals of the strategic plan of the Federal Emergency |
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Management Agency for preparing for, responding to, and recovering |
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from a disaster that emphasize cooperation among federal agencies, |
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state agencies, local governments, nongovernmental organizations, |
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private entities, and individuals in each activity or project |
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undertaken to ensure that this state is prepared to effectively |
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respond to and recover from a disaster; and |
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(10) provide the authority and mechanism to respond to |
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an energy emergency. |
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SECTION 2. Section 418.0195(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The governor may order the Department of Information |
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Resources to disconnect a computer network from the Internet in the |
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event of a cybersecurity event or other substantial external threat |
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to the computer network. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |