By:  Corte (Senate Sponsor - Staples)                             H.B. No. 3115
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2005; 
May 5, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Transportation and Homeland Security; May 23, 2005, reported 
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following 
vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3115                                   By:  Shapleigh


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the creation of permanent special advisory committees 
to advise the governor on certain homeland security activities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  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; and                                                
			(C)  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)  water; 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 2.  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.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.



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