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	Amend CSSB 11 (House committee printing) as follows:                         
	(1)  In the recital to SECTION 1.01 of the bill (page 1, line 
7), strike "through (14)" and substitute "through (15)".
	(2)  In SECTION 1.01 of the bill, immediately following 
proposed Subdivision (14), Section 418.004, Government Code (page 
1, between lines 23 and 24), insert the following:
		(15)  "Public facility" has the meaning assigned by the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. Section 5121 et seq.).
	(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to 
Article 1 of the bill and renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the 
article accordingly:
	SECTION 1.____.  Section 418.020, Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 418.020.  TEMPORARY HOUSING AND EMERGENCY 
SHELTER.  (a)  The governor may enter into purchase, lease, or 
other arrangements with an agency of the United States for 
temporary housing units to be occupied by disaster victims and may 
make units available to any political subdivision.
	(b)  The governor may assist a political subdivision that is 
the locus of temporary housing or emergency shelters for disaster 
victims to acquire sites necessary for temporary housing or 
emergency shelters and to do all things required to prepare the 
sites to receive and use temporary housing units or emergency 
shelters by:
		(1)  advancing or lending funds available to the 
governor from any appropriation made by the legislature or from any 
other source;
		(2)  allocating funds made available by a public or 
private agency; or      
		(3)  becoming a copartner with the political 
subdivision for the execution and performance of any temporary 
housing or emergency shelter project for disaster victims.
	(c)  Under regulations prescribed by the governor, the 
governor may temporarily suspend or modify for a period of not more 
than 60 days any public health, safety, zoning, intrastate 
transportation, or other law or regulation if by proclamation the 
governor considers the suspension or modification essential to 
provide temporary housing or emergency shelter for disaster 
victims.
	(d)  Any political subdivision may temporarily or 
permanently acquire by lease, purchase, or other means sites 
required for installation of temporary housing units or emergency 
shelters for disaster victims and may enter into arrangements 
necessary to prepare or equip the sites to use the housing units or 
shelters, including arrangements for the purchase of temporary 
housing units and the payment of transportation charges.
	(e)  A political subdivision that is the locus of temporary 
housing or emergency shelters for persons moved or evacuated by 
recommendation or order of the governor shall be assisted by any 
resource available to the state to ensure the political subdivision 
receives an advance or reimbursement:
		(1)  of all expenses, including lost revenue, incurred 
by the political subdivision associated with the use of public 
facilities for temporary housing or emergency shelters; and
		(2)  of the amounts paid for salaries and benefits of 
permanently employed, straight-time and regular-time personnel of 
the political subdivision who perform duties associated with the 
movement or evacuation of persons into, out of, or through the 
political subdivision.