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Amend CSSB 9 (House Committee Printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION __. Section 421.026, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 421.026. REPORT. The council shall annually submit to
the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house
of representatives a report stating:
(1) the council's progress in developing and
coordinating a statewide critical infrastructure protection
strategy;
(2) the status and funding of state programs designed
to detect and deter homeland security emergencies, including the
status and funding of counterterrorism efforts;
(3) recommendations on actions to reduce threats to
homeland security, including threats related to terrorism; and
(4) recommendations for improving the alert,
response, and recovery capabilities of state and local agencies.
SECTION __. Chapter 421, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter B-1 to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER B-1. PERMANENT SPECIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES
Sec. 421.041. FIRST RESPONDER ADVISORY COUNCIL. (a) The
First Responder Advisory Council is a permanent special advisory
committee created to advise the governor or the governor's designee
on homeland security issues relevant to first responders, radio
interoperability, the integration of statewide exercises for
hazards, and the related use of available funding.
(b) The council is composed of:
(1) one representative for each of the following
sectors of the state, appointed by the governor or the governor's
designee:
(A) law enforcement;
(B) firefighters;
(C) private first responders; and
(D) emergency medical services; and
(2) other members, as determined by the governor or
the governor's designee.
Sec. 421.042. PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY COUNCIL. (a) The
Private Sector Advisory Council is a permanent special advisory
committee created to advise the governor or the governor's designee
on homeland security issues relevant to the private sector.
(b) The council is composed of:
(1) one representative of a private organization or
entity for each of the following sectors of the state, each
appointed by the governor or the governor's designee:
(A) agriculture and food;
(B) banking and finance;
(C) chemicals and hazardous materials;
(D) the defense industry;
(E) energy;
(F) emergency services;
(G) information technology;
(H) telecommunications;
(I) postal and shipping;
(J) public health;
(K) transportation;
(L) ports and waterways; and
(M) national monuments and icons; and
(2) other members, as determined by the governor or
the governor's designee.
Sec. 421.043. ELIGIBILITY. (a) To be eligible for
appointment as a member of a permanent special advisory committee
created under this subchapter, a person must demonstrate experience
in the sector that the person is under consideration to represent
and be directly involved in related policies, programs, or funding
activities that are relevant to homeland security or infrastructure
protection.
(b) Each member of a permanent special advisory committee
created under this subchapter serves at the will of the governor.
Sec. 421.044. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES
PROHIBITED. A person who is a member of a permanent special
advisory committee created under this subchapter is not entitled to
receive compensation from this state for service on the committee
or travel expenses incurred by the person while conducting the
business of the committee.
Sec. 421.045. DUTIES. Each permanent special advisory
committee created under this subchapter shall advise the governor
on:
(1) the development and coordination of a statewide
critical infrastructure protection strategy;
(2) the implementation of the governor's homeland
security strategy by state and local agencies and provide specific
suggestions for helping those agencies implement the strategy;
(3) specific priorities related to the governor's
homeland security strategy that the committee determines to be of
significant importance to the statewide security of critical
infrastructure; and
(4) other matters related to the planning,
development, coordination, and implementation of initiatives to
promote the governor's homeland security strategy.
SECTION __. Sections 421.072(a) and (c), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The office of the governor shall:
(1) allocate available federal and state grants and
other funding related to homeland security to state and local
agencies and defense base development authorities created under
Chapter 379B, Local Government Code, that perform homeland security
activities;
(2) periodically review the grants and other funding
for appropriateness and compliance; [and]
(3) designate state administering agencies to
administer all grants and other funding to the state related to
homeland security; and
(4) measure the effectiveness of the homeland security
grants and other funding.
(c) A state or local agency or defense base development
authority that receives a grant or other funding related to
homeland security must provide an annual report to the office of the
governor detailing:
(1) the [agency's] compliance of the agency or
authority with the state homeland security strategy;
(2) any expenditures made using the funding;
(3) any programs developed or implemented using the
funding; and
(4) the manner in which any expenditures made or
programs developed or implemented have improved the ability of the
agency or authority to detect, deter, respond to, and recover from a
terrorist attack.
SECTION __. The governor shall make all required
appointments to the First Responder Advisory Council and the
Private Sector Advisory Council, in accordance with Subchapter B-1,
Chapter 421, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than
December 1, 2005.