By Brown S.B. No. 1203
77R3468 JMG-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to coastal area hazard reduction and recovery planning and
1-3 operations.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 418.042(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) The division shall prepare and keep current a
1-8 comprehensive state emergency management plan. The plan must
1-9 include a coastal hazard reduction and recovery annex as described
1-10 by Section 418.0425 and may include:
1-11 (1) provisions for prevention and minimization of
1-12 injury and damage caused by disaster;
1-13 (2) provisions for prompt and effective response to
1-14 disaster;
1-15 (3) provisions for emergency relief;
1-16 (4) provisions for energy emergencies;
1-17 (5) identification of areas particularly vulnerable to
1-18 disasters;
1-19 (6) recommendations for zoning, building restrictions,
1-20 and other land-use controls, safety measures for securing mobile
1-21 homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent structures, and other
1-22 preventive and preparedness measures designed to eliminate or
1-23 reduce disasters or their impact;
1-24 (7) provisions for assistance to local officials in
2-1 designing local emergency management plans;
2-2 (8) authorization and procedures for the erection or
2-3 other construction of temporary works designed to protect against
2-4 or mitigate danger, damage, or loss from flood, fire, or other
2-5 disaster;
2-6 (9) preparation and distribution to the appropriate
2-7 state and local officials of state catalogs of federal, state, and
2-8 private assistance programs;
2-9 (10) organization of manpower and channels of
2-10 assistance;
2-11 (11) coordination of federal, state, and local
2-12 emergency management activities;
2-13 (12) coordination of the state emergency management
2-14 plan with the emergency management plans of the federal government;
2-15 (13) coordination of federal and state energy
2-16 emergency plans; and
2-17 (14) other necessary matters relating to disasters.
2-18 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
2-19 amended by adding Section 418.0425 to read as follows:
2-20 Sec. 418.0425. COASTAL HAZARD REDUCTION AND RECOVERY ANNEX.
2-21 (a) The division shall prepare a coastal hazard reduction and
2-22 recovery annex to the state emergency management plan. The annex
2-23 must include:
2-24 (1) provisions for reduction of and recovery from
2-25 coastal hazards;
2-26 (2) provisions for providing assistance to local
2-27 coastal jurisdictions in the preparation of coastal hazard
3-1 vulnerability assessments;
3-2 (3) a process for the integration of local coastal
3-3 jurisdictions' coastal vulnerability assessments into a coastwide
3-4 vulnerability assessment;
3-5 (4) a process to network local coastal emergency
3-6 operations centers into the state operations center and provide
3-7 instant hazard analyses, evacuation route information, and support
3-8 assets of cities designated as evacuation destinations; and
3-9 (5) a procedure to conduct post-hazard analysis and
3-10 validation of vulnerability assessments.
3-11 (b) The division shall adopt rules to administer this
3-12 section.
3-13 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
3-14 (b) The division of emergency management shall implement the
3-15 Coastal Hazard Reduction and Recovery Annex as described by Section
3-16 418.0425, Government Code, as added by this Act, on or before March
3-17 1, 2002.