H.B. No. 1512
AN ACT
relating to meetings to exchange information regarding emergency
management plans relating to pipeline safety.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 418.106, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) Each local or interjurisdictional agency shall conduct
at least one public meeting each calendar year to exchange
information about its emergency management plan. Each agency shall
provide written notice of the date, time, and location of the
meeting, not later than the fifth day before the meeting, to the
pipeline safety section of the gas services division of the
Railroad Commission of Texas.
(e) An emergency management plan of an agency is excepted
from the requirements of Subsection (d) if:
(1) the emergency management plan contains sensitive
information relating to critical infrastructures or facilities;
and
(2) the safety or security of those infrastructures or
facilities could be jeopardized by disclosure of the emergency
management plan.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1512 was passed by the House on May 2,
2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1512 was passed by the Senate on May
28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor