1-1 By: Brown S.B. No. 1203 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2001; March 8, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 April 17, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, 1-5 Nays 0; April 17, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to coastal area hazard reduction and recovery planning and 1-9 operations. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 418.042, Government Code, 1-12 is amended to read as follows: 1-13 (a) The division shall prepare and keep current a 1-14 comprehensive state emergency management plan. The plan must 1-15 include a coastal hazard reduction and recovery annex as described 1-16 by Section 418.0425 and may include: 1-17 (1) provisions for prevention and minimization of 1-18 injury and damage caused by disaster; 1-19 (2) provisions for prompt and effective response to 1-20 disaster; 1-21 (3) provisions for emergency relief; 1-22 (4) provisions for energy emergencies; 1-23 (5) identification of areas particularly vulnerable to 1-24 disasters; 1-25 (6) recommendations for zoning, building restrictions, 1-26 and other land-use controls, safety measures for securing mobile 1-27 homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent structures, and other 1-28 preventive and preparedness measures designed to eliminate or 1-29 reduce disasters or their impact; 1-30 (7) provisions for assistance to local officials in 1-31 designing local emergency management plans; 1-32 (8) authorization and procedures for the erection or 1-33 other construction of temporary works designed to protect against 1-34 or mitigate danger, damage, or loss from flood, fire, or other 1-35 disaster; 1-36 (9) preparation and distribution to the appropriate 1-37 state and local officials of state catalogs of federal, state, and 1-38 private assistance programs; 1-39 (10) organization of manpower and channels of 1-40 assistance; 1-41 (11) coordination of federal, state, and local 1-42 emergency management activities; 1-43 (12) coordination of the state emergency management 1-44 plan with the emergency management plans of the federal government; 1-45 (13) coordination of federal and state energy 1-46 emergency plans; and 1-47 (14) other necessary matters relating to disasters. 1-48 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 418, Government Code, is 1-49 amended by adding Section 418.0425 to read as follows: 1-50 Sec. 418.0425. COASTAL HAZARD REDUCTION AND RECOVERY ANNEX. 1-51 (a) The division shall prepare a coastal hazard reduction and 1-52 recovery annex to the state emergency management plan. The annex 1-53 must include: 1-54 (1) provisions for reduction of and recovery from 1-55 coastal hazards; 1-56 (2) provisions for providing assistance to local 1-57 coastal jurisdictions in the preparation of coastal hazard 1-58 vulnerability assessments; 1-59 (3) a process for the integration of local coastal 1-60 jurisdictions' coastal vulnerability assessments into a coastwide 1-61 vulnerability assessment; 1-62 (4) a process to network local coastal emergency 1-63 operations centers into the state operations center and provide 1-64 instant hazard analyses, evacuation route information, and support 2-1 assets of cities designated as evacuation destinations; and 2-2 (5) a procedure to conduct post-hazard analysis and 2-3 validation of vulnerability assessments. 2-4 (b) The division shall adopt rules to administer this 2-5 section. 2-6 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-7 (b) The division of emergency management in the office of 2-8 the governor shall implement the coastal hazard reduction and 2-9 recovery annex as described by Section 418.0425, Government Code, 2-10 as added by this Act, on or before March 1, 2002. 2-11 * * * * *