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	Amend CSHB 13 (house committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  Strike SECTIONS 1-3 of the bill.                                          
	(2)  Insert the following appropriately-numbered SECTIONS 
and renumber any subsequent sections accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter M to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER M.  DOMESTIC SECURITY DIVISION
	Sec. 411.401.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:                        
	(1)  "Domestic security activity" has the meaning assigned 
to "homeland security activity" by Section 421.001.
	Sec. 411.402.  COMPOSITION OF DIVISION.  (a)  The domestic 
security division of the department consists of the bureaus of:
		(1)  border security; and                                              
		(2)  readiness and preparedness.                                       
	(b)  The director, with the advice and consent of the 
commission, shall employ chiefs, experts, operators, instructors, 
and assistants as necessary for the operation of the division and 
its bureaus.
	Sec. 411.403.  BUREAU OF BORDER SECURITY.  (a) The chief of 
the bureau is the bureau's executive officer.
	(b)  The director may appoint assistant chiefs of the bureau.           
	(c)  The chief and assistant chiefs must be qualified by 
experience and training in state-level response to international 
border security issues.
	(d)  The bureau shall advise the director and the commission 
on issues related to, and the allocation of funds for, security at 
or near this state's international border.
	(e)  The bureau shall offer assistance and, if practicable, 
instruction to sheriffs, chiefs of police, and other peace officers 
in establishing efficient local programs for securing this state's 
international border areas.
	(f)  The bureau shall assist local, state, and federal law 
enforcement agencies in the sharing of resources and coordination 
of efforts to secure this state's international border.
	Sec. 411.404.  BUREAU OF READINESS AND PREPAREDNESS.  (a) 
The chief of the bureau is the bureau's executive officer.
	(b)  The director may appoint assistant chiefs of the bureau.           
	(c)  The chief and assistant chiefs must be qualified by 
experience and training in domestic security activities.
	(d)  The bureau shall perform the duties assigned to the 
department by Chapter 421.
	SECTION ____.  Section 421.001, Government Code, is amended 
by adding Subdivisions (2-a) and (2-b) to read as follows:
	(2-a)  "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of 
the State of Texas.
	(2-b)  "Director" means the public safety director.                     
	SECTION ____.  Section 421.002, Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 421.002.  HOMELAND SECURITY STRATEGY.  (a) The 
director [governor] shall direct homeland security in this state 
and shall develop in conjunction with the governor the state's [a 
statewide] homeland security strategy that improves the state's 
ability to:
		(1)  detect and deter threats to homeland security;                           
		(2)  respond to homeland security emergencies; and                            
		(3)  recover from homeland security emergencies.                              
	(b)  The state's [governor's] homeland security strategy 
shall coordinate homeland security activities among and between 
local, state, and federal agencies and the private sector and must 
include specific plans for:
		(1)  intelligence gathering and analysis;                                     
		(2)  information sharing;                                                     
		(3)  reducing the state's vulnerability to homeland 
security emergencies;   
		(4)  protecting critical infrastructure;                                      
		(5)  protecting the state's international border, 
ports, and airports;      
		(6)  detecting, deterring, and defending against 
terrorism, including cyber-terrorism and biological, chemical, and 
nuclear terrorism;
		(7)  positioning equipment, technology, and personnel 
to improve the state's ability to respond to a homeland security 
emergency;
		(8)  directing the Texas Fusion [Infrastructure 
Protection Communications] Center and giving the center certain 
forms of authority to implement the state's [governor's] homeland 
security strategy; and
		(9)  using technological resources to:                                        
			(A)  facilitate the interoperability of 
government technological resources, including data, networks, and 
applications;
			(B)  coordinate the warning and alert systems of 
state and local agencies; 
			(C)  incorporate multidisciplinary approaches to 
homeland security; and    
			(D)  improve the security of governmental and 
private sector information technology and information resources.
	(c)  The state's [governor's] homeland security strategy 
must complement and operate in coordination with the federal 
homeland security strategy.
	SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 421, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 421.0021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 421.0021.  REFERENCE. A reference in law to the 
governor's homeland security strategy means the state's homeland 
security strategy.