78R7384 MI-F


By:  West                                                         H.B. No. 1512



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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 Subsection (d) 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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
	Amend Section 1 by adding Section 418.106 (e) to read as 
follows:            
	(e)  An emergency management plan of an agency is excepted 
from the requirements of (d) if:  (1)  the emergency management plan 
contains sensitive information relating to privately owned 
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.

                                                                Jones of Bexar