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	Amend CSSB 11 (house committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to Article 1 of the bill 
and renumbering existing SECTIONS of Article 1 appropriately:
	SECTION 1.____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 418, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 418.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 418.005.  EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TRAINING.  (a)  This 
section applies only to:
		(1)  an elected public officer; and                                    
		(2)  an appointed public officer:                                      
			(A)  whose position description, job duties, or 
assignment includes emergency management responsibilities; or
			(B)  who plays a role in emergency preparedness, 
response, or recovery.
	(b)  Each person described by Subsection (a) shall complete a 
course of training provided or approved by the division of not less 
than three hours regarding the responsibilities of state and local 
governments under this chapter not later than the 180th day after 
the date the person:
		(1)  takes the oath of office, if the person is required 
to take an oath of office to assume the person's duties as an 
elected or appointed public officer;  or
		(2)  otherwise assumes responsibilities as an elected 
or appointed public officer, if the person is not required to take 
an oath of office to assume the person's duties.
	(c)  The division shall develop and provide a training course 
related to the emergency management responsibilities of 
state-level officers and a training course related to the emergency 
management responsibilities of officers of political subdivisions.  
The division shall ensure that the training courses satisfy the 
requirements of Subsection (b).
	(d)  The division may provide the training and may also 
approve any acceptable course of training offered by a governmental 
body or other entity.  The division shall ensure that at least one 
course of training approved or provided by the division is 
available on videotape or a functionally similar and widely 
available medium at no cost.
	(e)  The division or other entity providing the training 
shall provide a certificate of course completion to public officers 
who complete the training required by this section.  A public 
officer who completes the training required by this section shall 
maintain and make available for public inspection the record of the 
public officer's completion of the training.
	(f)  The failure of one or more public officers of the state 
or a political subdivision to complete the training required by 
this section does not affect the validity of an action taken by the 
state or the political subdivision.
	(g)  The hours spent in a training course required by 
Subsection (b) may be applied toward the continuing education 
requirements for county commissioners under Section 81.0025, Local 
Government Code.
	SECTION 1.____.  Not later than January 1, 2009, each public 
officer who has taken the oath of office for a state or local 
government office before January 1, 2008, and who is required to 
complete a course of training under Section 418.005, Government 
Code, as added by this Act, must complete the training.